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Writing About Theatre And Drama

by: Hudson, Suzanne

Writing About Theatre And Drama

by: Hudson, Suzanne

ISBN 13:
9780534629137
ISBN 10:
053462913X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/02/2005
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

WRITING ABOUT THEATRE AND DRAMA covers everything from matters of style to forms of essays used in writing about theater. Beginning with a discussion of the theatrical review, the text covers the forms of essays used in writing about theatre, research, matters of style, structure, and vocabulary.

Preface

Introduction

xiii

Chapter One Responding to Theatre and Drama

(27)

Responding Objectively

(6)

Paraphrasing

(3)

Summarizing

(3)

A One-Act Play: Trifles

(12)

Responding Subjectively

(4)

Questions to Guide Your Responses

(1)

Inferring

(1)

Comparing or Contrasting

(1)

Interpreting

(1)

Evaluating

(1)

Arguing

(1)

Writing Informally

(4)

Chapter Two Principles of Effective Writing

(29)

Types of Essays

(1)

Planning Your Essay

(9)

Prewriting

(1)

Choosing and Narrowing Your Topic

(1)

Posing a Research Question or a Proposition

(1)

Researching Your Topic and Taking Notes

(1)

Formulating Your Thesis

(2)

Identifying the Counterarguments

(1)

Asking the Proof Question

(1)

Designing Your Points of Proof

(1)

Organizing the Evidence

(2)

Outlining Your Essay

(2)

Drafting Your Essay

(11)

Drafting the Introduction

(3)

Drafting the Body Paragraphs

(6)

Drafting the Conclusion

(1)

Citing Your Sources

(1)

Inventing a Title

(1)

Revising and Editing Your Essay

(6)

Guidelines for Peer Review

(2)

Guidelines for Editing and Proofreading

(1)

Formatting Your Essay

(2)

Chapter Three Writing the Analytical Essay

(50)

The Nature of Analysis

(2)

Drawing Inferences

(1)

Approaches to Analysis

(2)

Critical Theories

(10)

New Criticism

(1)

Structuralism

(1)

Post-Structuralism

(1)

Psychological Criticism

(2)

Reader-Response Criticism

(1)

Marxist Criticism

(1)

Feminist Criticism

(1)

Queer Theory

(1)

Multiculturalism

(1)

New Historicism

(2)

Planning and Drafting Your Analytical Essay

(19)

Understanding Your Purpose

(1)

Recognizing Your Audience

(1)

Choosing and Narrowing Your Topic

(1)

Posing a Research Question

(1)

Sample Research Questions

(6)

Stating Your Thesis

(1)

Asking the Proof Question

(1)

Designing Your Points of Proof

(3)

Organizing Your Essay

(1)

Organizing the Comparison-Contrast Essay

(5)

Student Essays

(15)

"Bianca and Othello: An Honest Whore and a Murderous Hero" by Denise Bush

(8)

"Absurd, Absurder, Absurdist," by Joe Darden

100

(5)

Revising and Editing Your Essay

105

(2)

Revision and Editing Checklist

105

(2)

Chapter Four Writing the Argument Essay

107

(37)

The Nature of Argument

108

(7)

Argument Appeals

109

(1)

Types of Reasoning

110

(1)

Logical Fallacies

111

(4)

Planning and Drafting the Argument Essay

115

(15)

Understanding Your Purpose

115

(1)

Recognizing Your Audience

115

(1)

Choosing and Narrowing Your Topic

116

(1)

Topic Suggestions for Argument Essays

116

(2)

Drafting the Occasion

118

(1)

Stating the Counterarguments

118

(1)

Stating Your Thesis

119

(3)

Asking the Proof Question

122

(1)

Designing Your Points of Proof

122

(1)

Outlining the Argument Essay

122

(4)

Drafting the Body Paragraphs

126

(1)

Templates for Organizing Your Essay

127

(3)

Student Essays

130

(12)

"Torvald Isn't Such a Bad Guy" by Rebecca Penkoff

131

(7)

"The Taming of the Shrew: A Romantic Comedy?" by Debra Blaine

138

(4)

Revising and Editing Your Essay

142

(2)

Revision and Editing Checklist

142

(2)

Chapter Five Writing the Performance Review

144

(43)

The Nature of the Performance Review

146

(6)

Purpose

146

(1)

Audience

147

(2)

Tone

149

(1)

Style

150

(2)

Planning and Drafting Your Performance Review

152

(21)

Preparing for the Play

153

(1)

Attending the Play

153

(1)

Organizing Your Notes

153

(1)

Drafting the Introduction

154

(8)

Drafting the Body Paragraphs

162

(7)

Drafting the Conclusion

169

(3)

Creating a Title

172

(1)

Student Performance Reviews

173

(11)

"A Fallen Orchard Rises to the Occasion" by Jordan Young

175

(5)

"Mother Courage: The Great Survivalist" by Kim Compton

180

(4)

Revising and Editing Your Review

184

(3)

Revision and Editing Checklist

184

(3)

Chapter Six Writing the Research Paper

187

(31)

The Nature of the Research Paper

188

(1)

Planning Your Research Paper

188

(6)

Choosing and Narrowing a Topic

188

(2)

Researching the Topic

190

(4)

Templates for Planning Your Research Paper

194

(1)

Drafting Your Research Paper

194

(3)

Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarizing

195

(1)

Incorporating Quotations

196

(1)

Citing Sources MLA Style

197

(13)

Models for Parenthetical Source Citations

197

(6)

Models for Works Cited Entries

203

(7)

Student Research Paper

210

(7)

"Guilty or 'Knot': The Virtue of Vigilante Justice" by Chris Gluckman

211

(6)

Revising and Editing Your Research Paper

217

(1)

Revision and Editing Checklist

217

(1)

Handbook

218

(25)

Word Choice

219

(8)

Verbs

219

(2)

Pronouns

221

(4)

Wordiness

225

(1)

Tone

226

(1)

Vivid Words

227

(1)

Sentence Structures

227

(6)

Sentence Fragments

227

(1)

Run-on Sentences

228

(2)

Awkward Sentence Constructions

230

(3)

Punctuation

233

(10)

Comma

233

(2)

Semicolon

235

(1)

Colon

236

(1)

Dash

236

(1)

Apostrophe

237

(1)

Quotation Marks

238

(2)

Ellipsis Dots

240

(1)

Brackets

241

(2)

Photo Credits

243

(5)

Index

248

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