Literature : Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
ISBN: 9780073124452 | 0073124451
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 10/9/2006
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Like its larger counterpart, the compactLiterature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Dramaby Robert DiYanni features student-centered approaches to literature--from experience to interpretation to evaluation--and an emphasis on making connections between texts and thinking critically about literature.Known for its clear presentation of the formal elements of literature and literary analysis, this compact anthology effectively balances classic, modern, and contemporary works across the three major genres, blending well-known writers with a div... MORE
| signifies new work or section Introduction Reading (and Writing About) Literature Reading Literature | |
| The Pleasures of Fiction | |
| The Dog and the Shadow Learning to Be Silent | |
| Reading the Parable in Context | |
| The Pleasures of Poetry Robert Frost, Dust of Snow | |
| Reading Frost's Poem in Context | |
| The Pleasures of Drama | |
| Reading a Play in Context Understanding Liter... MORE | |
| Experience | |
| Interpretation | |
| Evaluation | |
| Reading in Context Writing About Literature Reasons for Writing About Literature Ways of Writing About Literature | |
| The Writing Process Stephen Crane, War Is Kind | |
| Fiction | |
| Reading Stories Luke | |
| The Prodigal Son | |
| The Experience of Fiction | |
| The Interpretation of Fiction Reading in Context | |
| The Evaluation of Fiction John Updike A & P | |
| The Act of Reading Fiction Kate Chopin | |
| The Story of an Hour | |
| Types of Short Fiction | |
| Early Forms: Parable, Fable, and Tale Aesop | |
| The Wolf and the Mastiff Petronius | |
| The Widow of Ephesus | |
| The Short Story | |
| The Nonrealistic Story | |
| The Short Novel | |
| The Elements of Fiction | |
| Plot and Structure Frank O'Connor, Guests of the Nation Character Kay Boyle, Astronomer's Wife Setting Bobbie Ann Mason, Shiloh Point of View William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Language and Style James Joyce, Araby Theme Eudora Welty, A Worn Path Irony and Symbol D.H. Lawrence | |
| The Rocking-Horse Winner | |
| Writing About Fiction | |
| Reasons for Writing About Fiction Informal Ways of Writing About Fiction Annotation Katherine Anne Porter, Magic Freewriting Formal Ways of Writing About Fiction Student Papers on Fiction Questions for Writing about Fiction Suggestions for Writing | |
| Three Fiction Writers in Context | |
| Reading Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor Questions for In-Depth Reading | |
| Edgar Allan Poe in Context | |
| Poe and Journalism | |
| Poe and the Horror Story | |
| Poe and the Detective Story | |
| The Dimension of Style | |
| Edgar Allan Poe: Stories | |
| The Black Cat | |
| The Cask of Amontillado | |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | |
| The Purloined Letter | |
| Writer Inspired | |
| Joyce Carol Oates, Artist | |
| Edgar Allan Poe: Essays | |
| Critics on Poe | |
| Flannery O'Connor in Context | |
| Southern Gothics | |
| The Catholic Dimension | |
| O'Connor's Irony Flannery O'Connor: Stories Good Country People A Good Man Is Hard to Find Everything That Rises Must Converge | |
| The Life You Save May Be Your Own | |
| Writer Inspired by Flannery O'Connor Mary Hood, How Far She Went Flannery O'Connor: Essays and Letters Critics on O'Connor | |
| A Collection of Short Fiction | |
| Sherman Alexis, Indian Education | |
| Margaret Atwood, Happy Endings | |
| Toni Cade Bambara | |
| The Lesson | |
| Charles Baxter, Gryphon Jorge Luis Borges | |
| The Garden of Forking Paths Translated by | |
| The Kiss Translated by Constance Garnett | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald, Winter Dreams Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wi | |
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