Literature Text Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact Edition
by Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-07-26
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary
The first three-genre introduction to literature text to address the changing canon is now the first to include a comprehensive guide for writing about literature-with full coverage of critical thinking, argument, and the writing process. Teachers themselves, Kirszner & Mandell take students through each step of the research and writing process, helping them to craft literary analyses and arguments and to understand that writing about literature is a process of discovery, examination, and debate. Combining the broadest selection of literature available with time-proven and class-tested instruction, LITERATURE: READING, REACTING, WRITING, Sixth Edition, remains the most useful and student-friendly introduction to literature text available.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| A Guide To Writing About Literature | |
| Understanding Literature | |
| Imaginative Literature | |
| Conventional Themes | |
| The Literary Canon | |
| Luisa Valenzuela, All about Suicide | |
| Wole Soyinka, Telephone Conversation | |
| Interpreting Literature | |
| Evaluating Literature | |
| The Function of Literary Criticism | |
| Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism | |
| Reading and Writing About Literature | |
| Reading Literature | |
| Previewing | |
| Highlighting | |
| Checklist: Using Highlighting Symbols | |
| Maya Angelou, My Arkansas | |
| Annotating | |
| Writing about Literature | |
| Planning an Essay | |
| Drafting an Essay | |
| Revising and Editing an Essay | |
| Checklist: Using Sources | |
| Checklist: Conventions of Writing about Literature | |
| Exercise: Two Student Papers | |
| Student Paper: Initiation into Adulthood | |
| Student Paper: Hard Choices | |
| Writing Special Kinds of Papers | |
| Writing a Comparison-Contrast Paper | |
| Checklist: Writing a Comparison-Contrast Paper | |
| Sample Student Paper: Comparing Two Fictional Characters | |
| Student Paper: The Dangerous Consequences of Societal Limbo | |
| Suggested Topics for Comparison-Contrast Papers | |
| Writing an Explication | |
| Checklist: Writing an Explication | |
| Sample Student Paper: Explicating a Poem | |
| Student Paper: A Lingering Doubt | |
| Suggested Topics for Explication Papers | |
| Writing a Character Analysis | |
| Checklist: Writing a Character Analysis | |
| Sample Student Paper: Analyzing a Character in a Play | |
| Student Paper: Linda Loman: Breaking the Mold | |
| Suggested Topics for Character Analysis Papers | |
| Writing about a Work''s Historical Context | |
| Checklist: Writing about a Work''s Historical Context | |
| Sample Student Paper: Setting a Literary Work in Its Historical Context | |
| Student Paper: Dreaming of Home | |
| Suggested Topics for Historical Papers | |
| Thinking Critically About Your Writing | |
| Distinguishing Fact from Opinion | |
| Evaluating Supporting Evidence | |
| Detecting Bias in Your Writing | |
| Understanding Logic | |
| Inductive Reasoning | |
| Deductive Reasoning | |
| Toulmin Logic | |
| Recognizing Logical Fallacies | |
| Writing Literary Arguments | |
| Planning a Literary Argument | |
| Choosing a Debatable Topic | |
| Developing an Argumentative Thesis | |
| Defining Your Terms | |
| Considering Your Audience | |
| Refuting Opposing Arguments | |
| Using Evidence Effectively | |
| Supporting Your Literary Argument | |
| Establishing Credibility | |
| Being Fair | |
| Using Visuals as Evidence | |
| Organizing a Literary Argument | |
| Writing a Literary Argument | |
| Student Paper: The Politics of "Everyday Use" | |
| Writing A Researchc Paper | |
| Choosing a Topic | |
| Doing Exploratory Research | |
| Narrowing your Topic | |
| Doing Focused Research | |
| Library Research | |
| Internet Research | |
| Taking Notes | |
| Integrating Sources | |
| Drafting a Thesis Statement | |
| Making an Outline | |
| Writing your Paper | |
| Sample Literature Paper with MLA Documentation | |
| Student Paper: And Again She Makes the Journey: Character and Act in Eudora Welty''s "A Worn Path" | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Document All Material That Requires Documentation | |
| Enclose Borrowed Words in Quotation Marks | |
| Do Not Imitate a Source''s Syntax and Phrasing | |
| Differentiate Your Words from Those of Your Source | |
| Checklist: Plagiarism and Internet Sources | |
| Documenting Sources | |
| Parenthetical References in the Text | |
| Checklist: Guidelines for Punctuating Parenthetical References | |
| The List of Works Cited | |
| Content Notes | |
| Writing Essay Exams About Literature | |
| Planning an Essay Exam Answer | |
| Review Your Material | |
| Consider Your Audience and Purpose | |
| Read through the Entire Exam | |
| Read Each Question Carefully | |
| Brainstorm to Find Ideas | |
| Shaping an Essay Exam Answer | |
| State Your Thesis | |
| Make a Scratch Outline | |
| Drafting and Revising an Essay Exam Answer | |
| Sample Student Essay Exam Answer | |
| Fiction | |
| Understanding Fiction | |
| Origins of Modern Fiction | |
| The History of the Novel | |
| The History of the Short Story | |
| Defining the Short Story | |
| Ernest Hemingway, Hills Like White Elephants | |
| Recognizing Kinds of Fiction | |
| Fiction Sampler: The Short-Short | |
| Gary Gildner, Sleepy Time Gal | |
| Jonathan Safran Foer, A Primer for the Punctuation of Hea | |
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