Literature Text Reading, Reacting, Writing, Portable Edition

by Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9780155069022
• ISBN10: 0155069020
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-21
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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	p. v
Understanding Literature	p. 1
What Is Literature	p. 1
Thinking Critically	p. 7
Reading and Writing about Literature	p. 16
Reading Literature	p. 16
Writing about Literature	p. 21
Fiction
Reading and Writing about Fiction	p. 38
Understanding Fiction	p. 38
Reading Fiction	p. 41
Writing about Fiction	p. 48
Plot	p. 66
Conflict	p. 67
Stages of Plot	p. 67
Order and Sequence	p. 68
A Final Note	p. 69
Character	p. 92
Round and Flat Characters	p. 93
Dynamic and Static Characters	p. 94
Motivation	p. 95
Setting	p. 133
Historical Setting	p. 134
Geographical Setting	p. 135
Physical Setting	p. 136
Point of View	p. 167
First-Person Narrator	p. 168
Third-Person Narrator	p. 171
Selecting an Appropriate Point of View	p. 173
Style, Tone, and Language	p. 218
Level of Diction	p. 221
Imagery and Figurative Language	p. 223
A Final Note	p. 224
Symbol and Allegory	p. 253
Literary Symbols	p. 254
Allegory	p. 256
Theme	p. 299
Interpreting Themes	p. 300
Identifying Themes	p. 302
Fiction for Further Reading	p. 353
Fiction Casebook	p. 467
Poetry
Understanding Poetry	p. 518
Defining Poetry	p. 521
Reading Poetry	p. 525
Recognizing Kinds of Poetry	p. 525
Discovering Themes in Poetry	p. 527
Reading and Writing about Poetry	p. 555
Reading Poetry	p. 555
Writing about Poetry	p. 559
Voice	p. 576
The Speaker in the Poem	p. 577
The Tone of the Poex	p. 589
Irony	p. 598
Word Choice, Word Order	p. 613
Word Choice	p. 615
Levels of Diction	p. 625
Word Order	p. 637
Imagery	p. 645
Figures of Speech	p. 661
Simile, Metaphor, and Personification	p. 662
Hyperbole and Understatement	p. 673
Metonymy and Synecdoche	p. 684
Apostrophe	p. 685
Sound	p. 687
Rhythm	p. 688
Meter	p. 690
Alliteration and Assonance	p. 699
Rhyme	p. 703
Form	p. 713
Closed Form	p. 715
Open Form	p. 732
Concrete Poetry	p. 743
Symbol, Allegory, Allusion, Myth	p. 748
Symbol	p. 749
Allegory	p. 755
Allusion	p. 760
Myth	p. 764
Poetry for Further Reading	p. 774
Poetry Casebook	p. 853
Drama
Understanding Drama	p. 908
Dramatic Literature	p. 908
The Origins of the Modern Theater	p. 909
Kinds of Drama	p. 917
A Note on Translations	p. 923
Reading and Writing about Drama	p. 925
Reading Drama	p. 925
Writing about Drama	p. 927
Plot	p. 945
Plot Structure	p. 946
Plot Development	p. 948
Character	p. 1027
Characters' Words	p. 1028
Characters' Actions	p. 1034
Stage Directions	p. 1035
Actors' Interpretations	p. 1037
Staging	p. 1233
Stage Directions	p. 1234
The Uses of Staging	p. 1235
A Final Note	p. 1238
Theme	p. 1296
Titles	p. 1297
Conflicts	p. 1297
Dialogue	p. 1298
Characters	p. 1299
Staging	p. 1300
A Final Note	p. 1301
Drama Casebook	p. 1404
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