Guide to Literary Terms

Zusammenfassung A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms is a brief! inexpensive! and accessible handbook of literary terms for a full range of courses! including introduction to literature! literature for composition! American literature! British literature! and Shakespeare. In clear! concise! and user-friendly language! the text highlights its entries with contemporary! multicultural examples. This edition features more terms and new entries for all periods of literary history. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. GlossaryII. Strategies for Writing Essays About LiteratureIntroductionBackground Narrative on Mood and Images in Rita Dove's 'Silos'"Choosing a SubjectPreparing to Write and Organizing MaterialDrafting and Revising the EssayBackground Narrative on "Point of View and Irony in Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour'"Selection of a TopicPreliminary WorkStarting the Essay: OrganizationSecond DraftFinal TouchesBackground Narrative on "The Cinderella Motif in Austen's Pride and Prejudice"Selecting and Narrowing Down a SubjectDetermining Credibility and Appropriateness of Secondary SourcesChoosing Organization StrategiesRefining the Introduction and ConclusionBackground Narrative on "Excursion into Neverland: The Importance of the Edenic World in Peter and Wendy and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"Choosing a SubjectOrganizing the Comparative EssayWriting the EssayBackground Narrative on "Love and Money in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility: A Comparison of Novel and Film"Choosing a SubjectComparing a Film Version and the Original TextFinal TipsAdvice for Essay ExaminationsAvoiding PlagiarismA Brief Guide to Documenting SourcesGrammar! Punctuation! and StyleIndex of Authors and WorksIndex of TermsAcknowledgements" ...

Product details

• Authors: Barton, Edwin Barton, Barton Edwin, Glenda Hudson, Hudson Glenda
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2003
• EAN: 9780618341627
• ISBN: 978-0-618-34162-7
• No. of pages: 321
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Literary reference works