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Literature : an introduction to reading and writing / Edgar V. Roberts, Robert Zweig, Darlene Stock Stotler. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Longman, (c)2012.Edition: AP edition; Second editionDescription: lxxi, 2072 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780132677875
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN45.L554.L584 2012
  • PN45
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Contents:
Reading and writing about fiction. Fiction : an overview ; Point of view : the position or stance of the work's narrator or speaker ; Characters : the people in fiction ; Setting : the background of place, objects, and culture in stories ; Structure : the organization of stories ; Tone and style : the words that convey attitudes in fiction ; Symbolism and allegory : keys to extended meaning ; Idea or theme : the meaning and the message in fiction ; A career in fiction : four stories by Edgar A. Poe with critical readings for research ; Ten stories for additional enjoyment and study ; Writing a research essay on fiction -- Reading and writing about poetry. Meeting poetry : an overview ; Words : the building blocks of poetry ; Characters and setting : who, what, where, and when in poetry ; Imagery : the poem's link to the senses -- Figures of speech or metaphorical language : a source of depth and range in poetry ; Tone : the creation of attitude in poetry ; Prosody : sound, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry ; Form : the shape of poems ; Symbolism and allusion : windows to wide expanses of meaning ; Myths : systems of symbolic allusion in poetry ; Four major American poets : Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and Sylvia Plath ; One hundred twelve poems for additional enjoyment and study ; Writing a research essay on poetry -- Reading and writing about drama. The dramatic vision : an overview ; The tragic vision : affirmation through loss ; The comic vision : restoring the balance ; Visions of dramatic reality and nonreality : varying the idea of drama as imitation ; Henrick Ibsen and the realistic problem play : A dollhouse ; Writing a research essay on drama -- Special writing topics about literature. Critical approaches important in the study of literature ; Three types of writing about literature ; Taking examinations on literature -- Appendixes. I. Dramatic vision on film : from the silver screen to the world of digital fantasy -- II. MLA recommendations for documenting sources.
Subject: Excellent text linking these two essential skills using the best technique--Story Telling --
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"Grade level: 12"--Publisher's label on cover.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Excellent text linking these two essential skills using the best technique--Story Telling --

The process of reading, responding to, and writing about literature -- Reading and writing about fiction. Fiction : an overview ; Point of view : the position or stance of the work's narrator or speaker ; Characters : the people in fiction ; Setting : the background of place, objects, and culture in stories ; Structure : the organization of stories ; Tone and style : the words that convey attitudes in fiction ; Symbolism and allegory : keys to extended meaning ; Idea or theme : the meaning and the message in fiction ; A career in fiction : four stories by Edgar A. Poe with critical readings for research ; Ten stories for additional enjoyment and study ; Writing a research essay on fiction -- Reading and writing about poetry. Meeting poetry : an overview ; Words : the building blocks of poetry ; Characters and setting : who, what, where, and when in poetry ; Imagery : the poem's link to the senses -- Figures of speech or metaphorical language : a source of depth and range in poetry ; Tone : the creation of attitude in poetry ; Prosody : sound, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry ; Form : the shape of poems ; Symbolism and allusion : windows to wide expanses of meaning ; Myths : systems of symbolic allusion in poetry ; Four major American poets : Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and Sylvia Plath ; One hundred twelve poems for additional enjoyment and study ; Writing a research essay on poetry -- Reading and writing about drama. The dramatic vision : an overview ; The tragic vision : affirmation through loss ; The comic vision : restoring the balance ; Visions of dramatic reality and nonreality : varying the idea of drama as imitation ; Henrick Ibsen and the realistic problem play : A dollhouse ; Writing a research essay on drama -- Special writing topics about literature. Critical approaches important in the study of literature ; Three types of writing about literature ; Taking examinations on literature -- Appendixes. I. Dramatic vision on film : from the silver screen to the world of digital fantasy -- II. MLA recommendations for documenting sources.

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