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Writing About the Humanities is a reader-friendly handbook designed to guide students through the writing process. Designed primarily for use in introductory humanities courses, this text helps students write about specific disciplines, including art and architecture, music, fiction and poetry, drama and theater, and dance and film. Highlights of this revision include a new oral presentation guide, new content on film, dance, sculpture, and architecture, and new student essays on sculpture and architecture. Book jacket.

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Preface	p. ix
An Overview of the Writing Process	p. 1
Prewriting	p. 1
Making Lists	p. 2
Annotating	p. 3
Asking Questions	p. 4
Focused Freewriting	p. 4
Summarizing and Analyzing	p. 6
Writing	p. 8
The Purpose of Drafting	p. 8
Organizing Your Draft	p. 9
Revising	p. 10
Editing	p. 11
Proofreading	p. 12
Considering Purpose and Audience	p. 13
Considering Tone	p. 14
The Aural/Oral Dimension of Writing	p. 17
An Approach to Writing About the Humanities	p. 19
Responding	p. 20
Responding to a Painting: Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night	p. 21
Responding to a Poem: Anne Sexton's "Starry Night"	p. 23
The Starry Night in Context	p. 24
Responding to Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"	p. 26
Interpreting	p. 26
Interpreting van Gogh's The Starry Night	p. 28
Interpreting Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"	p. 29
Interpreting a Song: Franz Schubert's "Erlking"	p. 30
Evaluating	p. 33
What Is Evaluation?	p. 33
Changing Values	p. 34
Considerations in Evaluation	p. 35
Writing About Art and Architecture	p. 37
Painting	p. 37
Doing Comparative Analysis	p. 41
Sample Student Essay About an Artist	p. 43
Critical Thinking: Feminism and Painting	p. 48
Photography	p. 48
Sample Student Essay Using a Photograph	p. 49
Critical Thinking: Photography and Truth	p. 53
Sculpture	p. 53
Student Essay on Sculpture	p. 57
Critical Thinking: Art Forgeries	p. 59
Architecture	p. 60
An Architectural Proposal	p. 61
Student Essay on Architecture	p. 64
Critical Thinking: Monuments	p. 67
Writing About Music and Dance	p. 69
Writing About Music Directly	p. 69
Writing About Music Indirectly	p. 70
Using Questions to Write About Music	p. 71
Writing About a Musical Performance	p. 73
Sample Student Essay About Music	p. 76
Critical Thinking: The Popularity of the Beatles	p. 80
Writing About Dance	p. 81
Elements of Dance	p. 81
Writing About Fiction and Poetry	p. 85
Reading and Writing About Fiction	p. 85
Reading Fiction	p. 86
Writing About Fiction	p. 89
Sample Student Essay on Fiction	p. 92
Critical Thinking: The Popularity of the Novel	p. 94
Reading and Writing About Poetry	p. 95
Analysis	p. 95
Elements of Poetry	p. 95
Sample Student Essay on Poetry	p. 101
Critical Thinking: Does Poetry Matter?	p. 104
Writing About Drama and Theater	p. 105
Drama as Literature	p. 105
Drama as Theater	p. 106
Elements of Drama	p. 107
Plot and Structure	p. 110
Character and Conflict	p. 111
Dialogue and Monologue	p. 112
Setting and Staging	p. 113
Thought and Theme	p. 114
Writing About Drama	p. 115
Annotation	p. 116
Double-Column Notebook	p. 116
Analysis	p. 119
Sample Student Essay About Drama	p. 119
Writing a Review of a Play	p. 122
Critical Thinking: Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?	p. 124
Writing About Film	p. 127
Film and the Other Arts	p. 128
Reading a Film	p. 129
Elements of Film	p. 130
Photography (Shots)	p. 130
Acting	p. 131
Mise en Scene and Movement	p. 132
Editing	p. 133
Sound and Music	p. 134
Documentary Films	p. 135
Animated Films	p. 136
Critical Thinking: Ancient Rome in Film	p. 137
Writing About Film-The Film Review	p. 138
An Example of a Film Review	p. 138
Writing with Sources	p. 141
The Research Assignment	p. 141
Selecting a Topic	p. 142
Working with an Assigned Topic	p. 143
Using a Library to Conduct Research	p. 143
Finding Books	p. 144
Accessing Books Using the Library Catalog	p. 144
Searching for Ernest Hemingway	p. 145
Finding Periodical Articles	p. 147
Using Interlibrary Loan	p. 148
Using the Internet for Research	p. 149
Gaining Access to the Internet	p. 149
Browsing the Web	p. 149
Some Dangers of Web-Based Research	p. 150
Using Secondary Sources Wisely	p. 150
Note Taking	p. 152
Taking Efficient Notes	p. 153
Summarizing and Paraphrasing Secondary Sources	p. 154
Quoting	p. 154
Integrating Quotations	p. 155
Plagiarism	p. 156
Writing the Paper	p. 158
Sample Student Research Papers	p. 159
Documenting Sources	p. 171
In-Text Citations	p. 171
Listing Sources at the End	p. 172
Notes	p. 173
Basic Format for Footnotes and Endnotes	p. 174
Bibliography and Works Cited List	p. 175
Writing Essay Examinations	p. 181
Preparing for an Exam	p. 182
Reviewing the Questions	p. 183
Writing Your Answer	p. 185
Additional Advice	p. 186
Making Oral Presentations	p. 189
Reducing Nervousness	p. 189
Using Notes or a Prepared Text	p. 190
Body Language: Posture and Gesture	p. 190
Using a Rostrum or Lectern	p. 191
Using Visuals	p. 191
Making Team Presentations	p. 191
Credits	p. 193
Index	p. 195
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