Short Guide to Writing about Literature, A

Pearson New International Edition

AvSylvan Barnet,William Cain

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasises writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature.
This 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 emphasised.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-11-01
Mått:216 x 274 x 14 mm
Vikt:816 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:392
Upplaga:12
Förlag:Pearson Education
ISBN:9781292040912

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PREFACE LETTER TO STUDENTS PART 1 Jumping In 2—THE WRITER AS READER: READING AND RESPONDING Kate Chopin, “Ripe Figs” The Act of Reading Reading with a Pen in Hand Recording Your First Responses Audience and Purpose A Writing Assignment on “Ripe Figs” The Assignment A Sample Essay: “Images of Ripening in Kate Chopin’s ‘Ripe Figs’ ” The Student’s Analysis Analyzed Critical Thinking and the Study of Literature 3—THE READER AS WRITER: DRAFTING AND WRITING Pre-writing: Getting Ideas Annotating a Text More about Getting Ideas: A Second Story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin: “The Story of an Hour” Brainstorming for Ideas for Writing Focused Free Writing Listing Asking Questions Keeping a Journal Critical Thinking: Arguing with Yourself Arriving at a Thesis and Arguing It Writing a Draft A Sample Draft: “Ironies in an Hour” Revising a Draft A Checklist for Revising for Clarity Two Ways of Outlining a Draft A Checklist for Reviewing a Revised Draft Peer Review The Final Version Sample Essay: “Ironies of Life in Kate Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour’ ” The Analysis Analyzed Quick Review: From First Response to Final Version: Writing an Essay about a Literary Work 4—TWO FORMS OF CRITICISM: EXPLICATION AND ANALYSIS Explication A Sample Explication: Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” Working toward an Explication of “Harlem” Some Journal Entries The Final Draft: “Langston Hughes’s ‘Harlem’ ” The Analysis Analyzed A Checklist: Drafting an Explication Analysis: The Judgment of Solomon Thinking about Form Thinking about Character Thoughts about Other Possibilities For Further reading and Analysis: The Parable of the Prodigal Son NEWComparison: An Analytic Tool A Checklist: Revising a Comparison For Further Reading and Comparison: Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” NEWFinding a Topic Considering the Evidence Organizing the Material Communicating Judgments Review: How to Write an Effective Essay 1. Pre-writing 2. Drafting 3. Revising 4. Editing An Editing Checklist: Questions to Ask Yourself When Editing For Further Reading, Explication, and Comparison: William Blake’s “The Tyger” NEW 5–OTHER KINDS OF WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE A Summary A Paraphrase A Review A Review of a Dramatic Production A Sample Review: “An Effective Macbeth” PART 2 Standing Back: Thinking Critically about Literature