Word: novelized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...English novels, a traditionalist feels, should begin with old men in armchairs, yarning about far places, and American novels should begin much as this one does, with a restless young man standing at dockside in a suit that is too hot for him, wondering cheerfully what is going to happen next. The waterfront in this sturdy and sometimes impassioned novel is that of Savannah, Ga., in the year 1878. The young man who has just disembarked there is 17-year-old Seth Adler, lately of New York City...
...Letters and Arts' section, courses may examine specific genres or contributions of great authors to specific issues; courses might include "The Form of the Novel," "The Experience of Poetry," and "The Tragic Hero...
...Dunn's succession of one-night lovers. Tuesday Weld provides an unmemorable contrast to Keaton as Dunn's capricious older sister Katherine, relying too heavily on the character's caricaturish wackiness to carry her through the part. Richard Brooks' direction and adaption of Judith Rossner's best-selling novel is sufficiently slick to draw crowds to the box office, but the film can be filed as another victim of the typical superficiality of American movies. Sharp witticisms and flashy techniques keep the movie's pace upbeat, while Brooks neglects Dunn's broader significance as a prototypical single woman vainly coping...
...theoretical level recombinant DNA experimentation is highly sophisticated. Procedures developed in the last five years use special enzymes to slice up and reassemble pieces of genes in the form of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. By mixing DNA from viruses, bacteria, and animals, molecular biologists can create novel hybrid organisms. Fear about the creation and accidental release of dangerous new forms of viruses and bacteria has been one focus of the recombinant DNA debate...
...Letters and Arts section should refine "the student's ability to read, to see, and to hear," he said. Literature courses might examine specific genres or contributions of great authors to important issues. Proposals for such courses include "The Form of the Novel," "The Experience of Poetry," and "The Tragic Hero...