Sylvan Barnet,
William Cain
Pearson Education
e druk, 2013
9781292040912
Short Guide to Writing about Literature, A
Pearson New International Edition
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Pearson Education |
e druk, 2013
ISBN13: 9781292040912
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Part of Longman's successful Short Guide Series, A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasizes writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature.
The twelfth edition continues to offer students sound advice on how to become critical thinkers and enrich their reading response through accessible, step-by-step instruction. This highly respected text is ideal as a supplement to any course where writing about literature or literary studies is emphasized.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781292040912
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Uitgever:Pearson Education
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal, Financieel management
Inhoudsopgave
<p>PREFACE <br>LETTER TO STUDENTS </p> <p>PART 1 </p> <p>Jumping In </p> <p><br> </p> <p>2—THE WRITER AS READER: READING AND RESPONDING </p> <p> Kate Chopin, “Ripe Figs” </p> <p> The Act of Reading </p> <p> Reading with a Pen in Hand </p> <p> Recording Your First Responses </p> <p> Audience and Purpose </p> <p> A Writing Assignment on “Ripe Figs” </p> <p> The Assignment </p> <p> A Sample Essay: “Images of Ripening in Kate Chopin’s ‘Ripe Figs’ ” </p> <p> The Student’s Analysis Analyzed </p> <p> Critical Thinking and the Study of Literature </p> <p> </p> <p>3—THE READER AS WRITER: DRAFTING AND WRITING </p> <p> Pre-writing: Getting Ideas </p> <p> Annotating a Text </p> <p> More about Getting Ideas: A Second Story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” </p> <p> Kate Chopin: “The Story of an Hour” </p> <p> Brainstorming for Ideas for Writing </p> <p> Focused Free Writing </p> <p> Listing </p> <p> Asking Questions </p> <p> Keeping a Journal </p> <p> Critical Thinking: Arguing with Yourself </p> <p> Arriving at a Thesis and Arguing It </p> <p> Writing a Draft </p> <p> A Sample Draft: “Ironies in an Hour” </p> <p> Revising a Draft </p> <p> A Checklist for Revising for Clarity </p> <p> Two Ways of Outlining a Draft </p> <p> A Checklist for Reviewing a Revised Draft </p> <p> Peer Review </p> <p> The Final Version </p> <p> Sample Essay: “Ironies of Life in Kate Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour’ ” <br> The Analysis Analyzed </p> <p> Quick Review: From First Response to Final Version: Writing an Essay about a Literary Work </p> <p> </p> <p>4—TWO FORMS OF CRITICISM: EXPLICATION AND ANALYSIS </p> <p> Explication </p> <p> A Sample Explication: Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” </p> <p> Working toward an Explication of “Harlem” <br> Some Journal Entries <br> The Final Draft: “Langston Hughes’s ‘Harlem’ ” <br> The Analysis Analyzed <br>A Checklist: Drafting an Explication </p> <p> Analysis: The Judgment of Solomon </p> <p> Thinking about Form </p> <p> Thinking about Character </p> <p> Thoughts about Other Possibilities </p> <p>For Further reading and Analysis: The Parable of the Prodigal Son NEW</p> <p>Comparison: An Analytic Tool </p> <p> A Checklist: Revising a Comparison </p> <p>For Further Reading and Comparison: Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” NEW</p> <p> Finding a Topic </p> <p> Considering the Evidence </p> <p> Organizing the Material </p> <p> Communicating Judgments </p> <p> Review: How to Write an Effective Essay </p> <p>1. Pre-writing </p> <p> 2. Drafting </p> <p> 3. Revising </p> <p> 4. Editing <br> An Editing Checklist: Questions to Ask Yourself When Editing </p> <p>For Further Reading, Explication, and Comparison: William Blake’s “The Tyger” NEW</p> <p> </p> <p>5–OTHER KINDS OF WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE </p> <p> A Summary </p> <p> A Paraphrase </p> <p> A Review </p> <p> A Review of a Dramatic Production <br> A Sample Review: “An Effective Macbeth” </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>PART 2 </p> <p>Standing Back: Thinking Critically about Literature</p>