Reading and writing about literature A portable guide
Book - 2013
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- Published
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Boston :
Bedford/St.Martins
[2013]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Third edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 208 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBN
- 9781457606496
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to Reading and Writing About Literature
- Why Read Literature?
- Why Write about Literature?
- What to Expect in a Literature Class
- Literature and Enjoyment
- 2. The Role of Good Reading
- The Value of Rereading
- Critical Reading
- The Myth of "Hidden Meaning"
- Active Reading
- Annotating
- "Because I could not stop for Death" (Annotated Poem)
- Note Taking
- Journal Keeping
- Using Reference Materials
- Asking Critical Questions of Literature
- Questions about the Text
- "On My First Son" (Annotated Poem)
- Questions about the Author
- Questions about the Cultural Context
- Questions about the Reader
- Checklist for Good Reading
- 3. The Writing Process
- Prewriting
- Choosing a Topic
- Developing an Argument
- The Thesis
- Gathering Support for Your Thesis
- Organizing Your Paper
- Drafting the Paper
- Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions
- Revising and Editing
- Global Revision
- Global Revision Checklist
- Local Revision
- Local Revision Checklist
- Final Editing and Proofreading
- Final Editing Checklist
- Peer Editing and Workshops
- Tips for Writing about Literature
- Using Quotations Effectively
- Adding to or Altering a Quotation
- Omitting Words from a Quotation
- Quotations within Quotations
- Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation
- Quoting from Stories
- Quoting from Poems
- Quoting from Plays
- Manuscript Form
- 4. Common Writing Assignments
- Summary
- Response
- "Girl"
- "A Boy's View of 'Girl'"
- Explication
- "Upon Julia's Clothes"
- "Poetry in Motion: Herrick's 'Upon Julia's Clothes'"
- Analysis
- "My Last Duchess "
- "Possessed by the Need for Possession: Browning's 'My Last Duchess'"
- Comparison and Contrast
- "After Death"
- "Speakers for the Dead: Narrators in 'My Last Duchess' and After Death'"
- Essay Exams
- Sonnet 73
- "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
- Midterm Essay
- 5. Writing about Stories
- Elements of Fiction
- Plot
- Character
- Point of View
- Setting
- Theme
- Symbolism
- Style
- Stories for Analysis
- "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- "The Story of an Hour" (Annotated Story)
- Questions on the Stories
- Sample Paper: An Essay That Compares and Contrasts
- Melanie Smith, "Good Husbands in Bad Marriages"
- 6. Writing About Poems
- Elements of Poetry
- The Speaker
- The Listener
- Imagery
- Sound and Sense
- Two Poems for Analysis
- "Sonnet 116" (Annotated Poem)
- Questions on the Poem
- "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (Annotated Poem)
- Questions on the Poem
- Sample Paper: An Explication
- "Shakespeare Defines Love"
- 7. Writing About Plays
- Elements of Drama
- Plot, Character, and Theme
- Diction
- Melody and Spectacle
- Setting
- How to Read a Play
- Director's Questions for Play Analysis
- "Trifles"
- Sample Paper: An Analysis
- "Moral Ambiguity and Character Development in Trifles
- 8. Writing a Literary Research Paper
- Finding Sources
- Online Indexes
- Periodicals
- Books
- Interlibrary Loan
- The Internet
- Evaluating Sources
- Working with Sources
- Quotations
- Paraphrases and Summaries
- Commentaries
- Keeping Track of Your Sources
- Writing the Paper
- Refine Your Thesis
- Organize Your Evidence
- Start Your Draft
- Revise
- Edit and Proofread
- Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
- What to Document and What Not to Document
- Documenting Sources: MLA Format
- In-Text Citations
- Preparing Your Works Cited List
- Sample Research Paper
- "Emily Dickinson's 'Because I could not stop for Death': Challenging Readers' Expectations"
- 9. Literary Criticism and Literary Theory
- Formalism and New Criticism
- Feminist and Gender Criticism
- Queer Theory
- Marxist Criticism
- Cultural Studies
- Postcolonial Criticism
- Historical Criticism and New Historicism
- Psychological Theories
- Reader-Response Theories
- Structuralism
- Poststructuralism and Deconstruction
- Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
- Index of Terms