Short Table of Contents READING AND THINKING ABOUT LITERATURE 1. LITERATURE AND LIFE2. READING A STORY3. READING A POEM4. READING A PLAY5. READING AN ESSAY WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE 6. WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE7. WRITING ABOUT A STORY8.
WRITING ABOUT A POEM9. WRITING ABOUT A PLAY10. WRITING ABOUT AN ESSAY11. WRITING A RESEARCH PAPERREFERENCE GUIDE FOR MLA CITATIONS THEMES OF LITERATURE, THEMES OF LIFE 12. FAMILIES13. LOVE14. LIFE''S JOURNEY15. THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY16.
PERSONAL IDENTITY17. NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT18. WAR AND PEACE 19, CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS Detailed Table of Contents 1. LITERATURE AND LIFE Why Are You In this Course?Why Study Literature and Writing?Getting a Job* Career Growth* Reading and Writing Are Critical SkillsFifty Famous English Majors* You May Have Several Careers* Are You Prepared?Literature for LifeKenneth McClane, "Sonny''s Blues" Saved My Life* The Value of Literature* By Way of an EndingCharles Bukowski, DostoevskyEmily Dickinson, There is no Frigate like a Book 2. READING A STORYThe Art of FictionTypes of Short FictionElements of Fiction* Plot* Point of View* Character* Setting* Tone and Style* Symbol* ThemeJohn Updike A & PEdgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale HeartKatherine Mansfield Miss BrillCHECKLISTS: Analyzing a Story 3. READING A POEMTypes of Poetry: Lyric, Narrative, Dramatic W. H. Auden Funeral BluesEdwin Arlington Robinson Richard CoryMargaret Atwood Siren Song Reading a PoemElements of Poetry* ToneEmily Dickinson Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!* WordsGina Valdés English Con Salsa* Denotation and ConnotationRobert Frost Nothing Gold Can Stay* ImageryLangston Hughes Harlem [Dream Deferred]* Figures of Speech* Sound* Rhythm* Form: Closed Form and Open FormMichael Drayton Since there''s no help, come let us kiss and partMatsuo Basho Temple bells die outMatsuo Basho Heat-lightning streakTaniguchi Buson Moonrise on mudflatsKobayashi Issa only one guyAnonymous Epitaph on a DentistE.
E. Cummings in Just-* SymbolWhat Is Poetry?CHECKLISTS: Analyzing a Poem 4. READING A PLAYReading a PlayTheatrical ConventionsModes of Drama: Tragedy and ComedyElements of a PlaySusan Glaspell Trifles Analyzing Trifles* Conflict* Plot* Subplot* Protagonist* Exposition* Dramatic Question* Climax* Resolution and Dénouement* Rising and Falling Action* Unity of Time, Place, and Action* SymbolsCHECKLISTS: Analyzing a Play 5. READING AN ESSAYWhat Is an Essay?History of the EssayTypes of Essays* Narrative Essay* Descriptive* Expository* ArgumentativeElements of Essays* Voice* Style* Structure* ThemeJoan Didion On MoralityAmy Tan Mother TongueCHECKLIST: Analyzing an Essay WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE 6. WRITING ABOUT LITERATURERead Actively Robert Frost Nothing Gold Can Stay SAMPLE STUDENT READING ANNOTATIONPlan Your EssayPrewriting: Discover Your IdeasSAMPLE STUDENT PREWRITING EXERCISES* Brainstorm* Cluster* List* Freewrite* Journal* OutlineDevelop a Literary ArgumentCREATE AN ARGUMENT* Purpose* Audience* ThesisBUILD AN ARGUMENT* Claims* Persuasion* Evidence* Warrants* CredibilityCHECKLIST: Developing an Argument SAMPLE STUDENT ROUGH DRAFTRevise Your DraftCHECKLIST: Revising Your DraftSAMPLE STUDENT ARGUMENT PAPERDocument Sources to Avoid PlagiarismThe Form of Your Finished PaperSpell-Check and Grammar Check Programs Anonymous A Little Poem Regarding Computer Spell Checkers 7. WRITING ABOUT A STORYRead Actively SAMPLE STUDENT READING ANNOTATIONPrewriting: Discover Your Ideas SAMPLE STUDENT PREWRITING EXERCISESWrite a Rough DraftCHECKLIST: Writing a Rough DraftRevise Your DraftCHECKLIST: Revising Your DraftWhat''s Your Purpose? Common Approaches to Writing About Fiction* ExplicationSAMPLE STUDENT EXPLICATION PAPER* AnalysisSAMPLE STUDENT ANALYSIS PAPER* Comparison and ContrastSAMPLE STUDENT COMPARISON AND CONTRAST PAPER* Response PaperSAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE PAPERTopics for Writing 8. WRITING ABOUT A POEM Read ActivelyRobert Frost Design SAMPLE STUDENT READING ANNOTATIONPrewriting: Discover Your Ideas SAMPLE STUDENT PREWRITING EXERCISESWrite a Rough DraftCHECKLIST: Writing a Rough DraftRevise Your DraftCHECKLIST: Revising Your DraftCommon Approaches to Writing About Poetry* ExplicationSAMPLE STUDENT EXPLICATION PAPER* AnalysisSAMPLE STUDENT ANALYSIS PAPER* Comparison and Contrast Abbie Huston Evans Wing-SpreadSAMPLE STUDENT COMPARISON AND CONTRAST PAPERHow to Quote a PoemTopics for WritingRobert Frost In White 9. WRITING ABOUT A PLAY Read Critically SAMPLE STUDENT READING ANNOTATIONCommon Approaches to Writing About Drama* Explication* Analysis* Comparison and Contrast* Drama ReviewSAMPLE STUDENT DRAMA REVIEWHow to Quote a PlayTopics for Writing 10.
WRITING ABOUT AN ESSAYRead ActivelyThink About the EssayPrewriting: Discover and Shape Your IdeasCommon Approaches to Writing About Drama* Explication* Analysis* Comparison and Contrast* Response PaperSAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE PAPERTopics for Writing 11. WRITING A RESEARCH PAPERBrowse the ResearchChoose a Topic Begin Your ResearchCHECKLIST: Finding Reliable SourcesCHECKLIST: Using Visual ImagesEvaluate Your SourcesCHECKLIST: Evaluating Your SourcesOrganize Your ResearchRefine Your Thesis Organize Your PaperAcknowledge All Sources* Quotations* Citing IdeasDocuments Sources using MLA StyleSAMPLE STUDENT PAPER: Research Paper REFERENCE GUIDE FOR MLA CITATIONS THEMES OF LITERATURE, THEMES OF LIFE 12. FAMILIES FICTION PARENTS AND CHILDRENAmy Tan A Pair of TicketsWilliam Faulkner Barn BurningLuke Parable of the Prodigal SonAlice Walker Everyday UseSuggestions for Writing: Stories About Parents and Children CRITICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS CASEBOOKALICE WALKER''S "EVERYDAY USE" Alice Walker on WritingAlice Walker The Black Woman Writer in America Criticism and Cultural ContextsBarbara T. Christian "Everyday Use" and the Black Power MovementMary Helen Washington "Everyday Use" as a Portrait of the ArtistElaine Showalter Quilt as Metaphor in "Everyday Use"Houston A. Baker and Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Stylish vs. Sacred in "Everyday Use" Images: Alice Walker and Her WorldAlice Walker in conversationScenes from Everyday Use (2003 film adaptation)Alice Walker at home surrounded by quilt artLone Star Quilt Pattern Suggestions for Writing: "Everyday Use" in Context BROTHERS AND SISTERSJames Baldwin Sonny''s BluesTobias Wolff The Rich BrotherEudora Welty Why I Live at the P.O.Louise Erdrich The Red Convertible Suggestions for Writing: Stories About Brothers and Sisters POETRY CHILDREN LOOKING AT PARENTS, PARENTS LOOKING AT CHILDRENRobert Hayden Those Winter SundaysTheodore Roethke My Papa''s WaltzRhina P.
Espaillat Bilingual / BilingüeSylvia Plath DaddyWeldon Kees For My DaughterSharon Olds Rite of Passage Suggestions for Writing: Poems About Parents and Children FAMILY LEGACIESRobert Hayden The WhippingTed Kooser A Room in the PastSeamus Heaney DiggingJulia Alvarez By AccidentLi-Young Lee The GiftDiane Thiel The Minefield Suggestions for Writing: Poems About Family Legacies POET IN DEPTH: FAMILY BONDS A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY GWENDOLYN BROOKSGwendolyn Brooks Sadie and MaudGwendolyn Brooks the motherGwendolyn Brooks the rites for Cousin VitGwendolyn Brooks The Bean EatersGwendolyn Brooks Speech to the Young. Speech to the Progress-Toward Suggestions for Writing: Gwendolyn Brooks''s Poetry ESSAYS CHILD INTO ADULTBrent Staples The Runaway SonRaymond Carver My Father''s LifeAnnie Dillard An American Childhood Suggestions for Writing: Essays About Childhood and Growing Up DRAMA FAMILY DRAMASophocles Oedipus the King (Translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald) CRITICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS CASEBOOK SOPHOCLES''S OEDIPUS THE KING Historical and Cultural ContextsEllen Meese Background for Reading Oedipus the King1. THE ORIGINS OF GREEK THEATER2. THE CIVIC ROLE OF GREEK DRAMA3. TRAGEDY AND THE TRAGIC HERO4. THE ORIGINS OF OEDIPUS THE KING5. THE OEDIPUS LEGEND Criticism and Cultural ContextsAristotle Defining TragedySigmund Freud The Destiny of OedipusE. R.
Dodds On Misunderstanding OedipusA. E. Haigh The Irony of Sophocles Images: Oedipus in Art and PerformanceAthenian TheaterEtruscan Pottery: Oedipus and the SphinxOedipus and Antigone by Rudolph TegnerProduction photos from Oedipus the King Suggestions for Writing: Oedipus the King in Context Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun Suggestions for Writing: A Raisin in the Sun Further Suggestions for Writing: Literature About Families 13. LOVE FICTION DISCOVERING LOVEMargaret Atwood Happy EndingsO. Henry The Gift of the MagiAlice Munro How I Met My Husband Suggestions for Writing: Stories About Discovering Love LOVE GONE WRONGWilliam Faulkner A Rose for EmilyZora Neale Hurston SweatFlannery O''Connor Parker''s BackMax Apple Vegetable Love Suggestions for Writing: Stories About Love Gone Wrong WRITER IN DEPTH: TROUBLED MARRIAGESA COLLECTION OF STORIES BY KATE CHOPINKate Chopin The Story of an HourKate Chopin The StormKate Chopin Désirée''s Baby Suggestions for Writing: Chopin''s Stories About Troubled Marriages POETRY LOVE POEMSAnne Bradstreet To My Dear and Loving HusbandElizabeth Barrett Browning How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways William Butler Yeats When You Are OldE. E. Cummings somewhere I have never travelled,gladly beyondRafael Campo For J. W.
Wislawa Szymborska True LoveWendy Cope Lonely Hearts Suggestions for Writing: Love Poems LOVE, SEX, AND DESIRE Andrew Marvell To His Coy MistressJohn Donne The FleaEdna St. Vincent Millay What lips my lips have kissedSharon Olds Sex Without LoveMarilyn Nelson The Ball.