Literature Text Reading, Reacting, Writing

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

• ISBN13: 9780155073500
• ISBN10: 0155073508
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-27
• 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	iii
Understanding Literature	1	(15)
Reading and Writing about Literature	16	(28)
Fiction
Reading and Writing about Fiction	44	(28)
Plot	72	(36)
Character	108	(41)
Setting	149	(46)
Point of View	195	(51)
Style, Tone, and Language	246	(51)
Symbol and Allegory	297	(46)
Theme	343	(321)
Fiction for Further Reading	398	(214)
Fiction Casebook	612	(52)
Poetry
Understanding Poetry	664	(37)
Reading and Writing about Poetry	701	(21)
Voice	722	(37)
Word Choice, Word Order	759	(32)
Imagery	791	(15)
Figures of Speech	806	(27)
Sound	833	(27)
Form	860	(36)
Symbol, Allegory, Allusion, Myth	896	(224)
Poetry for Further Reading	922	(93)
An Album of Fifty Poets	1015	(25)
Poetry Casebook	1040	(80)
Drama
Understanding Drama	1120	(17)
Reading and Writing about Drama	1137	(20)
Plot	1157	(96)
Character	1253	(235)
Staging	1488	(129)
Theme	1617	(284)
Drama Casebook	1803	(98)
Appendix A Writing a Research Paper	1901	(32)
Appendix B Literary History: Aristotle to the Twentieth Century	1933	(7)
Appendix C Twentieth-Century Literary Theories	1940	(22)
Appendix D Writing Essay Exams about Literature	1962	(11)
Glossary of Literary Terms	1973	(16)
Acknowledgments	1989	(14)
Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines of Poetry	2003