Literature and Ourselves : A Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers
ISBN: 9780205606382 | 0205606385
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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This thematically organized anthology treats literature as a continually expanding commentary on our infinitely varied lives, helpingto make the connection between literature andour own unique life stories. Each of the anthology's themes Family, Men and Women, Vulnerability, Freedom and Responsibility, Creativity, and Quest progresses outward from reflections on the self to more universal issues.Within each theme, the readings provide a unique combination of traditional and contemporary works that highlight the diverse cultures and perspectives... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Reading Literature | |
| Critical Reading: Engagement, Response, and Analysis | |
| Engaging with a Text: Annotation | |
| Special Feature: Sample Student Annotation of Sandra Cisneross Bread | |
| Responding to a Text: The Readers Journal | |
| The Readers Box | |
| Sample Student Readers Journal | |
| Freewriting | |
| Analyzing a T... MORE | |
| Approaches | |
| Author-Oriented Approaches | |
| Reader-Oriented Approaches | |
| Text-Oriented Approaches | |
| The Elements of the Essay | |
| Style | |
| Tone | |
| Theme | |
| The Readers Box | |
| Questions for Engagement, Response, and Analysis | |
| Essay | |
| The Elements of Fiction | |
| Point of View | |
| Setting | |
| Style | |
| Character | |
| Plot | |
| Theme | |
| The Readers Box | |
| Questions for Engagement, Response and Analysis | |
| Short Stories | |
| The Elements of Poetry | |
| Situation and Speaker | |
| Structure and Sound | |
| Style | |
| Theme | |
| The Readers Box | |
| Questions for Engagement, Response, and Analysis | |
| Poetry | |
| The Elements of Drama | |
| Dialogue and Stage Directions | |
| Setting | |
| Style | |
| Character | |
| Plot | |
| Theme | |
| The Readers Box | |
| Questions for Engagement Response, and Analysis | |
| Drama | |
| Writing About Literature | |
| Critical Writing: Argument | |
| Steps for Writing Arguments about Literature | |
| Step One: Establishing Purpose and Audience | |
| Modes | |
| Debatable Topics | |
| Audience | |
| Step Two: Generating a Working Thesis | |
| Re-reading | |
| Pre-Writing Strategies | |
| The Writers Box | |
| Sample Student Brainstorming | |
| Clustering and Listing | |
| Honing the Thesis | |
| Step Three: Gathering Evidence | |
| Primary Source Evidence | |
| Secondary Source Evidence | |
| Step Four: Drafting, Revising, and Editing | |
| Writing the Introduction | |
| Crafting Body Paragraphs and Making Transitions | |
| Concluding Well | |
| Integrating Source Evidence | |
| The Writers Box | |
| Avoiding Common Pitfalls at the Drafting Stage | |
| Revising and Editing | |
| The Writers Box | |
| Avoiding Common Pitfalls in the Editing Stage | |
| Sample Student Paper | |
| Thematic Anthology | |
| Family | |
| Writing about Family | |
| Essays | |
| Joan Didion, On Going Home | |
| Bill Cosby, from Fatherhood | |
| Bramare:(Archaic) To Yearn for | |
| Fiction | |
| A Domestic Dilemma | |
| Sonnys Blues | |
| A Christmas Memory | |
| Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? | |
| ShermanAlexie, Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play TheStar-Spangled Bannerat Woodstock | |
| Poetry | |
| A Prayer for My Daughter | |
| Theodore Roethke, My Papas Waltz Gwendolyn Brooks | |
| The Mother Sylvia Plath | |
| My Father Is a Simple Man Nikki Giovanni, Nikki-Rosa | |
| The Gift | |
| Future Connected By Drama | |
| Casebook on August Wilson August Wilson Fences | |
| The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson | |
| Boundaries, Logistics, and Identity | |
| The Property of Metaphor in Fencesand Joe Turners Come and Gone | |
| Filling the Time: Reading History in the Drama of August Wilson | |
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