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Bringing writers to readers brings readers to writing. Today's students do readwe know that they read a significant amount of email, text messages, web pages, and even magazines. What many do not do is read in a sustained way. Many do not come to college prepared to read long texts, nor do they come with the tools necessary to analyze and synthesize what they read. Nick Delbanco and Alan Cheuse have proven in their own teaching that when you improve students' ability and interest in reading, you will help them improve their writing. A new part 1 in this edition frontloads information for students on both the writing process and the critical use of sources. Bringing writers to students, brings students to writing. Literature: Craft and Voice is an innovative Introductory Literature program designed to engage students in the reading of Literature, all with a view to developing their reading, analytical, and written skills. Accompanied by, and integrated with, video interviews of dozens of living authors who are featured in the text, conducted by authors Nick Delbanco and Alan Cheuse specifically for use with their textbook, the book provides a living voice for the literature on the page and creates a link between the student and the authors of great works of literature. The first text of its kind, Literature: Craft and Voiceoffers a more enjoyable and effective reading experience through its fresh, inviting design and accompanying rich video program. Digital support is provided through CONNECT Literature which will be totally integrated with the Blackboard CMS.
Table of Contents
Literature: Craft & Voice, 2e
*Material marked with is an asterisk is new to this edition
* New Part:
PART 1: Writing from Reading
* New Chapter:
*1 Reading and Writing Analytically
* The Role of Literature in a Visual Age
Gareth Hinds: Beowulf, Graphic Novel
Two Film Adaptations of Beowulf
*The Rewards of Close Reading
*Reading Prepares You for Writing
*Writing from Reading and College Success
*Connect Writing in College to Writing Beyond College
*The Literacy Narrative and Conversations on Writing
Questions for Creating Your Own Literacy Narrative
A Conversation on Writing with Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel, San Francisco (1985)
2 Writing from Reading
A Student’s Initial Reaction to “Rapture”
An Interactive Reading of Anton Chekhov’s “Rapture”
Using Critical Reading Strategies That Support Writing
Moving from Summary to Interpretation
A Student Paper: A Response to Anton Chekhov’s “Rapture”
Reading from Writing
* New Chapter:
*3 Developing an Argument
Source-Based Evidence: Summary vs. Paraphrase vs. Quotation
*A Conversation with Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky, Shirt (1990)
Ten Tips for Refining Your Ideas
*Making a Claim: A Defensible Thesis
*Using Logic to Organize Your Argument
*Source-Based Evidence: Quoting, Paraphrasing,
Summarizing, and Avoiding Plagiarism
Using Quotations and Avoiding Plagiarism
Using Paraphrase and Avoiding Plagiarism
Using Summary and Avoiding Plagiarism
*A Student Paper: A Response to Robert Pinsky’s “Shirt”
4 Writing across the Curriculum
*Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923)
Write to Learn Across the Curriculum
Use Summary to Distill a Text
A Student Paper: A Summary of Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, The Scrivener”
Use Analysis to Examine How the Parts Contribute to the Whole Explication
William Blake: “The Garden of Love” (1794)
Student Paper: An Explication of William Blake’s “The Garden of Love”
Card Report
Student Card Report on Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”
Use a Synthesis to Show Relationships
Argument
Comparison and Contrast
Student Comparison-Contrast Paper on Beowulf
Use Critique to Bring in Your Own Evaluation Review
Find a Effective Approach to the Essay Exam
Sample Notes for a Student Essay Exam
A Student Essay Exam on Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
5 Writing the Research Paper, Avoiding Plagiarism, and Documenting Sources
Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper (1932)
Research Today
Elements in a Works Cited Entry: Books
Elements in a Works Cited Entry: Periodicals
Elements in a Works Cited Entry: Online Resources
What Information Requires Documentation?
Samples of Types of Information Requiring Documentation
Common Knowledge (Documentation Not Required)
Working with Sources to Avoid Plagiarism
Take Notes on Your Sources
Do Not Copy and Paste Directly into Your Paper Keep Bibliographical Information in a Running List of Your Sources
Tip: Avoiding Plagiarism and the Web
Choosing a Topic
Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
The Dream Keeper (1932)
Harlem (Dream Deferred) (1951)
Finding Reliable and Relevant Sources
Recognizing Signs of Unreliable Web Sites <5>Tip: Evaluating Web Sources
Using Visual Sources
Developing a Thesis
Creating a Plan
Drafting Your Paper
Drafting Body Paragraphs
Revising Your Draft
Draft Introductory Paragraph
Revised Introductory Paragraph
Draft Supporting Paragraph (Body)
Revised Supporting Paragraph (Body)
Draft Concluding Paragraph
Revised Concluding Paragraph
Editing and Formatting Your Paper
Box: Questions to Guide Editing
A Student Paper: A Research Paper on Langston Hughes
*New: Online Casebook: Writing from Reading
*Aesop, The Tortoise and the Hare (fable)
*Aesop, The Boy Who Cried Wolf (fable)
*The Gospel of St. Luke (parable)
*William Blake, “Holy Thursday” (poem)
*William Blake, “The Clod and the Pebble” (poem)
Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener” (short story)
PART 2: Fiction
6 Reading a Story for Its Elements
A First Reading
A Critical Reading
A Conversation on Writing with John Updike
John Updike, A&P (1961)
Story and History
What Reading Fiction Gives Us
Kate Chopin (1851–1904)
The Story of an Hour (1894)
Alice Munro (B. 1931)
An Ounce of Cure (1968)
Suggestions for Writing
7 Writing about Fiction
A Conversation on Writing with Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid, Girl (1983)
From Reading to Writing
Checklist for Writing
A Sample Student Essay in Progress
An Interactive Reading
Initial Response
Explore Your Ideas
Develop a Working Thesis
Create a Plan
Generate a First Draft
First Draft of a Student Paper
Writer’s Block
Revise Your Draft
Edit Your Sentences; Proofread and Format Your Paper
* Crafting Your Own Voice: Summary
Final Draft
A Student Paper: An Analysis of Jamaica
Kincaid’s “Girl”
Compiling a Writing Portfolio
8 Plot
A Conversation on Writing with T. Coraghessan Boyle
T. Coraghessan Boyle, Greasy Lake (1985)
An Artful Arrangement of Incidents
Crafting Plot
James Joyce (1882–1941)
Araby (1914)
A Conversation on Writing with Joyce Carol Oates
*Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (1970)Richard Wright (1908-1960)*The Man Who Was Almost a Man (1940) Reading for PlotSuggestions for Writing about Plot
9 Character
A Conversation on Writing with Gish Jen
Gish Jen, Who’s Irish? (1999)
The Craft of Characterization
What You See Is What You Get
What’s in a Name?
The Clothes Make the Man (or Woman)
We Are What We (Repeatedly) Do
Can You Hear Me Now?
Round and Flat Characters
A History of Character
James Baldwin (1924–1987)
*Sonny’s Blues (1957)
Katherine Mans field (1888–1923)
*Miss Brill (1920)
Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980)
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1930)
Reading for Character
Suggestions for Writing about Character
10 Setting
Setting as Physical Environment
A Conversation on Writing with Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez, The Location of the River (1986)
Setting as Social Environment
Setting and Mood
Setting and Character
Regional Writers
Kate Chopin (1851–1904)
The Storm (c. 1899)
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
*The Gilded Six-Bits (1933)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
*The Cask of Amontillado (1846)
Reading for Setting
Suggestions for Writing about Setting
11 Point of View
Narrator and Point of View
A Conversation on Writing with ZZ Packer
ZZ Packer, Brownies (1999)
A Participant, or First-Person, Narrator
A Nonparticipant, or Third-Person, Narrator
A Brief History of Point of View
The Second-Person Narrator
Junot Diaz (b. 1968)
How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie (1995)
William Faulkner (1897–1962)
*A Rose for Emily (1932)
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
*Hills Like White Elephants (1927)
Reading for Point of View
Suggestions for Writing about Point of View
12 Language, Tone, and Style
A Conversation on Writing with Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender, The Rememberer (1997)
Crafting Style and Tone
Style and Diction
Tone and Irony
A Brief History of Irony
Sherman Alexie (b. 1966)
*Indian Education (1993)
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)
*Good Country People (1955)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
Reading for Language, Tone, and Style
Suggestions for Writing about Language, Tone, and Style
13 Theme
A Conversation on Writing with Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cell One (2007)
Craft and Theme
What Theme Is Not
What Theme Is
Themes Through Time
Identifying Themes
Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
The Open Boat: A Tale Intended to Be after the Fact: Being the Experience of Four Men from the Sunk Steamer Commodore (1897)