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A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY is a brief guide designed for any literature course. Written to be useful and accessible, this text focuses on critical reading with a concentration on the literary canon. The text also introduces you to the tools, terms, and methods you need for discussing literature and incorporating critical thinking into your writing. It will guide you through the research process from beginning to end.

Table of Contents:
I. LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THINKING. 1. Literature and the Literary Canon. 2. Challenges to the Canon. 2.1 Challenges to the Canon 2.2 The Boundaries of Poetry 2.3 Television and Film as Drama 3. Why Read Literature? 3.1 The Habit of Critical Thinking 3.2 Critical Thinking and Popular Tastes II. READING CRITICALLY. 4. The Act of Reading. 4.1 Text and Subtext 4.2 Searching for Clues 4.3 Authorial Intention 4.4 Tips for the Physical Act of Reading 5. Reading Fiction Actively. 6. Engaging with Poetry. 6.1 Example: Robert Frost "Desert Places"; "The Road Not Taken" 6.2 Example: Shakespeare's Sonnets "Sonnet 18", "Sonnet 130" 7. Experiencing Drama. 8. Analytical Reading. III. UNDERSTANDING LITERARY LANGUAGE. 9. The Elements of Narrative. 9.1 Plot 9.2 Setting 9.3 Character 9.4 Dialogue; Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess" 9.5 Theme 9.6 Point of View 9.7 Tone 10. Figurative Language. 10.1 Tropes 10.2 Rhetorical Devices 11. Prose Genres. 11.1 Fiction Genres by Length 11.2 Types of Fiction 11.3 Nonfiction 12. Poetry, Forms and Genres. 12.1 Types of Poems 12.2 Prosody and Poetic Diction 13. Drama. 13.1 Dramatic Conventions 13.2 Subgenres of Drama IV. EXPLICATION AND ANALYSIS. 14. From Reading to Writing. 14.1 "Rules" for Good Writing 14.2 Writing as a Process 14.3 Topics and Assignments 14.4 Asking the Right Question 14.5 From Question to Thesis 15. Formulating an Argument. 15.1 Developing Proof and Evidence 15.2 Organization and Structure 15.3 Introductions and Conclusions 15.4 Revising Your Paper 16. Citing Primary Texts and Formatting Your Paper. 16.1 Citing Primary Texts 16.2 Formatting Your Paper 17. Practical Advice. 18. Sample Student Essay 1. 19. Sample Student Essay 2. V. SECONDARY SOURCES, RESEARCH, AND CRITICAL THEORY. 20. Research Methods in the Digital Age. 20.1 Database Searches 20.2 Using the Library 20.3 Evaluating Internet Sources: Can You Trust This Web Site? 20.4 Quick Tips for Literary Research 21. Reading Literary Criticism. Stanley Renner, "Moving to the Girl's Side of 'Hills Like White Elephants'" 22. Practical Advice for Reading and Evaluating Literary Criticism. 23. Plagiarism and Academic Honesty. 24. MLA Documentation Style. 24.1 Understanding MLA Documentation 24.2 Works Cited Entries in MLA Style 24.3 Sample Works Cited Page 24.4 SampleStudent Research Paper 25. A Brief Introduction to Critical Theory. 25.1 New Criticism 25.2 Psychoanalytic Criticism 25.3 Deconstruction adn Poststructuralism 25.4 Feminist and Gender Criticism 25.5 Cultural Studies adn New Historicism 25.6 Theory-Based Readings: Approaches to "Araby" 26. Reading a Theory-Based Article. Ellen Golub, "Untying Goblin Apron Strings: A Psychoanalytic Reading of 'Goblin Market'" VI. READINGS. Alice Childress, Florence Kate Chopin, "The Storm" Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" Susan Glaspell, Trifles Robert Hayden, "Those Winter Sundays" Ernest Hemingway, "Hills LIke White Elephants" Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Langston Hughes, "Theme for English B" James Joyce, "Araby" Christina Rossetti, "Goblin Market" Gary Soto, "Oranges" Glossary. Credits. Index.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780130947864
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 150 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0130947865
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jan 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 430 gr


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