E. Mcmahan – Literature and the Writing Process (2017)

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Автор: E. Mcmahan
Название книги: Literature and the Writing Process
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Литературоведение
Страницы: 1050
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This book grew out of our long-standing interest in the possibilities of integrating the study of literature with the practice of composition. Many of our students have learned to write perceptively and well using literature as their subject matter. Great literature is always thought-provoking, always new. Why not utilize it to sharpen critical thinking and improve writing skills? Toward that end, we have combined an introduction-to-literature anthology with detailed instruction in the writing process.
This book presents literary selections as materials for students to read, analyze, and write about. Our careful integration of rhetorical instruction with the critical study of literature guides students through the allied processes of analytical reading and argumentative writing. As a result, students learn how to write essays about the major features that are involved in interpreting short stories, poems, and plays.
The book is divided into five main parts:
Part I. Composing: An Overview provides a thorough introduction to the recursive composing process as it applies to writing about literature. This part contains individual chapters on prewriting, writing (drafting), writing convincing arguments, and rewriting. Part I also includes a chapter on researched writing, which offers instruction in planning, researching, and documenting a paper with secondary sources, along with an updated description of the MLA Style for citing and crediting these sources.
Part II. Writing About Short Fiction begins with a brief introduction on how to read short stories, followed by five chapters on writing about the individual elements of fiction: structure, imagery and symbolism, point of view, setting and atmosphere, and theme. Each chapter focuses on a story that clearly illustrates the literary technique to be studied.
This part also contains a critical casebook on the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, an anthology of seventeen short stories, and three portfolios of stories: science fiction, singular women, and humor and satire.
Part III. Writing About Poetry begins with a brief chapter on reading poetry, followed by three chapters on writing about key elements in poetry: persona and tone, poetic language, and poetic form. Poems that illustrate the literary concepts under discussion are reprinted within the chapter. This part also contains a casebook on the poetry of Langston Hughes; a color insert that contains reproductions of six paintings with corresponding poems that respond to and comment on the art; an anthology of seventy-eight poems; a group of twelve paired poems for comparison; and three portfolios of poems—about work, war, and humor/satire.
Part IV. Writing About Drama begins with an introductory chapter on how to read a play, followed by two chapters on writing about xl PrefaCeissues of structure and character in drama. Each chapter focuses on a particular play, and the chapter on character includes a critical casebook about Amanda in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. This part also contains an anthology of three classic plays and a portfolio of two humorous and satirical plays.
Part V. Critical Approaches to Literature contains a brief summary of eight major systems for analyzing and interpreting fiction, poetry, and drama—and concludes with a multi-genre casebook for reading and writing about eighteen literary works that explore the themes of culture and identity.
These five parts are supplemented by a Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms.

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