Compact Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, 2016 MLA Update PDF
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Londir Printed in the United States of America Print Number: 01 Print Year: 2017 BRIEF CONTENTS PART 1 A GUIDE TO WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE 1 1 Understanding Literature 2 CHAPTER CHAPTER 2 Reading and Writing about Literature 16 CHAPTER 3 Approaching Assignments in Literature 36 CHAPTER4 Thinking Critically about Your Writing 55 CHAPTER 5 Writing Literary Arguments 62 CHAPTER 6 Using Sources in Your Writing 78 7 Documenting Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism 90 CHAPTER 8 Writing Essay Exams about Literature 10 4 CHAPTER PART 2 FICTION 111 9 Understanding Fiction 112 CHAPTER 10 Fiction Sampler: The Short-Short Story 125 CHAPTER CHAPTER 11 Fiction Sampler: Graphic Fiction 143 CHAPTER 12 Reading and Writing about Fiction 179 13 Plot 197 CHAPTER 14 Character 235 CHAPTER CHAPTER 15 Setting 269 16 Point of View 309 CHAPTER CHAPTER 17 Style, Tone, and Language 355 CHAPTER 18 Symbo l, Allegory, and Myth 407 19 Theme 459 CHAPTER CHAPTER 20 Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing 503 CHAPTER 21 Fiction for Further Reading 543 V vi BRrF.F CONTENTS • PART 3 POETRY 649 22 Understanding Poetry 650 CHAPTER 23 Reading and Writing about Poetry 661 CHAPTER 24 Voice 675 CHAPTER 25 Word Choice, Word Order 713 CHAPTER 26 Imagery 739 CHAPTER CHAPTER 27 Figures of Speech 758 28 Sound 791 CHAPTER 29 Form 813 CHAPTER 30 Symbol, Allegory, Allusion, Myth 852 CHAPTER 31 Discovering Themes in Poetry 882 CHAPTER 32 The Poetry of Langston Hughes: A Casebook for Reading, CHAPTER Research, and Writing 911 33 Poetry for Further Reading 952 CHAPTER Poetry Sampler: Poetry and Art PS1 PART 4 DRAMA 1031 .... 34 Understanding Drama 1032 CHAPTER 35 Drama Sampler: Ten-Minute Plays 1061 CHAPTER 36 Reading and Writing about Drama 10 85 CHAPTER 37 Plot 1098 CHAPTER 38 Character 11 66 CHAPTER 39 Staging 1406 CHAPTER 40 Theme 1473 CHAPTER 41 Susan Glaspell's Trifles: A Casebook for CHAPTER Reading, Research, and Writing 1601 Using Literary Criticism in Your Writing 1661 APPENDIX Credits C1 Glossary of Literary Terms G 1 Index of First Lines of Poetry 11 Index of Authors and Titles 15 Index of Literary Terms 118 CONTENTS Authors Representedb y Multiple Works xxx111 Preface xxxix P~RT1 A GUIDET O WIJTJNGD .DUT LITRAlURE 1 Understanding Literature 2 Imaginative Literature 2 Conventional Themes 4 The Literary Canon 6 AU about Suicide LUISAV ALENZUELA, 7 Interpreting Literature 8 ROBERFTR OSTS, toppingb y Woods on a Snowy Evening9 WestminsterB ridgeL, ondon [1886)b y ClaudeT homasS tan Evaluating Literature 11 field Moore Using Literary Criticism 14 .I CHECLKIST: Evaluating Literary Criticism 14 Readin and Writin about Literature 16 Reading Literature 16 Previewing 16 Highlightin g 1 7 .I CHECKLIST:U sing Highlighting Symbols 1 7 JULIA ALVAREZD, usting 18 Annotating 1 9 Writing about Literature 20 Julia Alvarez Plann ing an Essay 2 0 Drafting an Essay 2 5 Revising and Editing an Essay 2 6 .I CHECLKIST:U sing Sources 30 .I CHECLKIST: Convent ions of Writing about Literature 31 •• VII
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