Exploring Literature : Writing and Arguing about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay

by Madden, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780205640188
• ISBN10: 0205640184
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

KEY BENEFIT: Featuring culturally rich and diverse literature, this anthology weaves critical thinking into every facet of its writing apparatus and guides you through the process of crafting personal responses into persuasive arguments. The fourth edition opens with five chapters dedicated to writing and aruging about literature followed by an anthology organized around five themes with selections that range from classic to contemporary: Family and Friends; Innocence and Experience; Women and Men; Culture and Identity; and Faith and Doubt. A "Case Study in Context" at the end of every thematic section serves as a springboard for research and writing by exploring the work of significant wrters and their life and times. "Connecting Through Comparison" mini-themes in the readings chapters asks you to compare works on related topics to generate ideas for writing. MARKET: For those interested in a thematic anthology with a strong emphasis on argument.

Table of Contents

Making Connections

Participation: Personal Response and Critical Thinking

The Personal Dimension of Reading Literature Personal Response and Critical Thinking Writing to Learn

Your First Response

Checklist: Your First Response

Keeping a Journal or Reading Log

Double-Entry Journals and Logs

The Social Nature of Learning: Collaboration

Personal, Not Private Ourselves as Readers

Different Kinds of Reading

Peter Meinke, Advice to My Son Making Connections with Literature

Images of Ourselves Connecting Through Experience

Paul Zimmer, Zimmer in Grade School Connecting Through Experience

Culture, Experience, and Values Connecting Through Experience

Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays Connecting Through Experience

Marge Piercy, Barbie Doll Being in the Moment

New York Times, ldquo;Birmingham Bomb Kills 4rdquo;

Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham Participating, Not Solving Using Our Imaginations The Whole and Its Parts

Communication: Writing a Response Essay The Response Essay

Checklist: The Basics of a Response Essay Voice and Writing

Voice and Response to Literature Connecting Through Experience

Countee Cullen, Incident Writing to Describe

Choosing Details

Choosing Details from Literature Connecting Through Exper

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