Approaches to Teaching the Works of Tim O'brien

Informationen zum Autor Alex Vernon is associate professor of English at Hendrix College. He is the author of Soldiers Once and Still: Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien ; On Tarzan ; Most Succinctly Bred ; and The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War . He is the editor of Arms and the Self: War, the Military, and Autobiographical Writing . Catherine Calloway is professor of English at Arkansas State University. She is a regular contributor to American Literary Scholarship: An Annual and has published widely on Vietnam War literature, especially on the work of O'Brien, and in such forms as Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction , Tampa Review , Bulletin of Bibliography , and essay collections. Klappentext Considers the range and depth of Tim O'Brien's writing, with an emphasis on works that focus on the Vietnam War. Part 1 provides information on O'Brien's life and an overview of his literary output. It also directs readers to critical and reference works on subjects encountered in his writing. Part 2 provides historical background on the Vietnam War; explore narrative issues in O'Brien's works; and suggest ideas for teaching the author's works in a variety of classroom and conceptual settings.

Product details

• Authors: Alex (EDT) Vernon
• Assisted by: Catherine Calloway (Editor), Alex Vernon (Editor)
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2010
• EAN: 9781603290753
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-075-3
• Series: Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World Literature; Approaches to Teaching World Literature 114; Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World Literature 114
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics