Curated OER
Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum
Henry David Thoreau and Linda Ronstadt? Ann Tyler and Pete Townshend? Joyce Carol Oates and Pearl Jam? This richly detailed plan pairs classic literature with contemporary music and asks learners to analyze how the theme of conformity is...
Curated OER
Daughters Come of Age in Women's Fiction
Introduce your young readers to fiction written by women authors. For each story, they explore the way these daughters discover and claim their own identities. Individually, class members use the literature to examine their role in their...
Curated OER
Imagery and Emily Dickinson
Seventh graders explore imagery, particularly in relation to figurative language.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Joyce Carol Oates
A biography of best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
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Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page
A general links page that focuses completely on the writer Joyce Carol Oates. Provides links to her works, research, a biography, discussion group, photographs, and more. Site includes a search feature.
Fantastic Fiction
Fantastic Fiction: Joyce Carol Oates: Detailed Bibliography and Awards
An extensive listing of the works of Joyce Carol Oates, including her novels, collections, anthologies, and short stories. Click on the year to view information about that year. Includes brief descriptions of each work.
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Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page
This spectacular site is filled with information about Oates, her work and scholarship about her work. Includes extensive bibliographies, full text of many different works, photos, interviews, and a biography.
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Book Page/oates and Broke Heart Blues
An interview with Joyce Carol Oates and a summary of her novel "Broke Heart Blues." Provides an overview of the author's career, as well as links to other famous authors.
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Magnanimity of Wuthering Heights
Author Joyce Carol Oates examines the theme of inevitability in "Wuthering Heights," the life of the Bronte sisters, and how it affected their art.
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Death Throes of Romanticism: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
Read an essay by Joyce Carol Oates on Sylvia Plath and her poetry. Topics in this essay include: tragedy, cultural significance, and lyrical poetry. Some of the following Plath works are mentioned in this essay: "Narcissi", "Three...
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Tragic & Comic Visions in the Brothers Karamazov
This site features an article entitled "Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov" written by contemporary author Joyce Carol Oates. The article originally appeared in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Winter 1968-1969.