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A Practical Introduction to Literary Study

ISBN: 9780130947864 | 0130947865
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 12/8/2004

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SummaryTable of Contents
This brief, practical book addresses how and why people read literature, and then shows different ways of thinking about the literature they are reading¿teaching users to read critically and analytically, to write thoughtful and concise papers of literary analysis, and to perform competent literary research.The book¿s comprehensive coverage offers a detailed description of practical research methods, an understanding of criticism and how to use it in papers, and a complete section on MLA documentation. The main topics address: what is literatur... MORE
Prefacevii
PART ONE LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THINKING1(18)
1 Literature and the Literary Canon
1(5)
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2 Challenges to the Canon
6(8)
2.1 Popular Fiction
6(1)
2.2 The Boundaries of Poetry
7(4)
2.3 Television and Film as Drama
11(3)
3 Why Read Literature?
14(5)
3.1 The Habit of Critical Thinking
14(2)
3.2 Critical Thinking and Popular Tastes
16(3)
PART TWO READING CRITICALLY19(31)
4 The Act of Reading
19(10)
4.1 Text and Subtext
19(3)
4.2 Searching for Clues
22(4)
4.3 Authorial Intention
26(2)
4.4 Tips for the Physical Act of Reading
28(1)
5 Reading Fiction Actively
29(5)
6 Engaging with Poetry
34(10)
6.1 Example: Robert Frost
35(4)
"Desert Places"
35(1)
"The Road Not Taken"
36(3)
6.2 Example: Shakespeare's Sonnets
39(11)
Sonnet 18
39(2)
Sonnet 130
41(3)
7 Experiencing Drama
44(5)
8 Analytical Reading
49(1)
PART THREE UNDERSTANDING LITERARY LANGUAGE50(50)
9 The Elements of Narrative
50(19)
9.1 Plot
51(2)
9.2 Setting
53(4)
9.3 Character
57(2)
9.4 Dialogue
59(2)
ROBERT BROWNING,
"My Last Duchess"
59(2)
9.5 Theme
61(2)
9.6 Point of View
63(4)
9.7 Tone
67(2)
10 Figurative Language
69(1)
10.1 Tropes
70(3)
10.2 Rhetorical Devices
73(3)
11 Prose Genres
76(1)
11.1 Fiction Genres by Length
76(2)
11.2 Types of Fiction
78(2)
11.3 Nonfiction
80(2)
12 Poetry Forms and Genres
82(1)
12.1 Types of Poems
83(2)
12.2 Prosody and Poetic Diction
85(10)
13 Drama
95(1)
13.1 Dramatic Conventions
95(2)
13.2 Subgenres of Drama
97(3)
PART FOUR EXPLICATION AND ANALYSIS100(1)
14 From Reading to Writing
100(54)
14.1 "Rules" for Good Writing
101(2)
14.2 Writing as a Process
103(1)
14.3 Topics and Assignments
104(2)
14.4 Asking the Right Question
106(3)
14.5 From Question to Thesis
109(3)
15 Formulating an Argument
112(2)
15.1 Developing Proof and Evidence
114(3)
15.2 Organization and Structure
117(5)
15.3 Introductions and Conclusions
122(2)
15.4 Revising Your Paper
124(6)
16 Citing Primary Texts and Formatting Your Paper
130(1)
16.1 Citing Primary Texts
130(7)
16.2 Formatting Your Paper
137(3)
17 Practical Advice
140(8)
18 Sample Student Essay
148(2)
19 Sample Student Essay
150(4)
PART FIVE SECONDARY SOURCES, RESEARCH, AND CRITICAL THEORY154(1)
20 Research Methods in the Digital Age
154(104)
20.1 Database Searches
156(2)
20.2 Using the Library
158(4)
20.3 Evaluating Internet Sources: Can You Trust This Web Site?
162(2)
20.4 Quick Tips for Literary Research
164(3)
21 Reading Literary Criticism
167(1)
STANLEY RENNER,
"Moving to the Girl's Side of 'Hills Like White Elephants'"
167(20)
22 Practical Advice for Reading and Evaluating Literary Criticism
187(3)
23 Plagiarism and Academic Honesty
190(3)
24 MLA Documentation Style
193(51)
24.1 Understanding MLA Documentation
194(1)
24.2 Works Cited Entries in MLA Style
195(7)
24.3 Sample Works Cited Page
202(1)
24.4 Sample Student Research Paper
203(4)
25 A Brief Introduction to Critical Theory
207(4)
25.1 New Criticism
211(3)
25.2 Psychoanalytic Criticism
214(6)
25.3 Deconstruction and Poststructuralism
220(6)
25.4 Feminist and Gender Criticism
226(8)
25.5 Cultural Studies and New Historicism
234(7)
25.6 Theory-Based Readings: Approaches to "Araby"
241(3)
26 Reading a Theory-Based Article
244(1)
ELLEN GOLUB,
"Untying Goblin Apron Strings: A Psychoanalytic Reading of 'Goblin Market'"
244(14)
PART SIX READINGS258(1)
ALICE CHILDRESS,
Florence
258(10)
KATE CHOPIN,
"The Storm"
268(4)
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN,
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
272(13)
SUSAN GLASPELL,
Trifles
285(10)
ROBERT HAYDEN,
"Those Winter Sundays"
295(1)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY,
"Hills Like White Elephants"
296(4)
LANGSTON HUGHES,
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
300(1)
LANGSTON HUGHES,
"Theme for English B"
301(2)
JAMES JOYCE,
"Araby"
303(4)
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI,
"Goblin Market"
307(13)
GARY SOTO,
"Oranges"
320(2)
Glossary322(12)
Credits334(1)
Index335

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