Paul Headrick

The Wiley Guide to Writing Essays About Literature (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This outstanding practical guide to writing analytical essays on literature develops interpretive skills through focused exercises and modeled examples. The program is tailored to meet the specific needs of beginning undergraduates. * Features unique, detailed guidance on paragraph structure * Includes sample essays throughout to model each stage of the essay-writing process * Focused exercises develop the techniques outlined in each chapter * Dedicated checklists enable quick, accurate assessment by teachers and students * Enhanced glossary with advice on usage added to core definitions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118571484
• Artikelnr.: 39296890

Autorenporträt

Paul Headrick teaches English at Langara College in Vancouver, Canada. He is a published novelist and short story writer whose works include That Tune Clutches My Heart (2008) and a volume of short stories, The Doctrine of Affections (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Audience and the Literary Analysis
Essay 1 The Importance of Audience 1 The Audience for the Literary Analysis
Essay 2 Exercise Set 1.1 Understanding Audience 7 Chapter 2 Analytical
Paragraphs 9 Initial Analysis 9 Analytical Paragraphs and Their Three
Components 10 Claims 10 Exercise Set 2.1 Identifying Claims 13 Evidence 14
Exercise Set 2.2 Presenting Evidence 14 Analysis 15 Common Problems in
Analytical Paragraphs 18 Awkward repetition 18 Confusion about what makes
meaning 19 Working with Analytical Paragraphs 20 A sample analytical
paragraph 20 Exercise Set 2.3 Understanding Analytical Paragraphs 20
Exercise Set 2.4 Creating Analytical Paragraphs 21 Integrating Quotations
from Literary Texts 24 Guidelines for integrating quotations 24 Exercise
Set 2.5 Integrating Quotations 28 Chapter 3 Theme 31 Defining Theme 32
Debating Theme 34 Debating with the text: agreeing and disagreeing with
themes 34 Debating about texts: agreeing and disagreeing about themes 35
Identifying Themes 36 Identifying themes in drama and prose fiction 36
Identifying themes in poetry 38 Identifying complex themes 44 Effective
Statements of Theme 45 A checklist for effective statements of theme 45
Exercise Set 3.1 Identifying Statements of Theme 48 Chapter 4 Argument
Structure 51 The Difference between a Logical Sequence and a List 51 Sample
outlines 53 Exercise Set 4.1 Understanding Argument Structure 55
Organizational Paragraphs and Titles 56 Introductory paragraphs 56 Working
with introductory paragraphs 58 Exercise Set 4.2 Understanding Introductory
Paragraphs 59 Transitional paragraphs 60 Working with transitional
paragraphs 60 Exercise Set 4.3 Understanding Transitional Paragraphs 61
Concluding paragraphs 61 Working with concluding paragraphs 62 Exercise Set
4.4 Understanding Concluding Paragraphs 63 Titles 63 Exercise Set 4.5
Understanding Titles 64 Chapter 5 Types of Literary Analysis Essays 67
Close Readings 67 Passage Analysis Essays 70 Introductions to passage
analysis essays 70 The structure of passage analysis essays 71 Working with
passage analysis essays 72 Exercise Set 5.1 Understanding Passage Analysis
Essay Structure 72 Comparative Literary Analysis Essays 73 The purpose of
comparative literary analysis essays 73 Introductions to comparative
literary analysis essays 74 The structure of comparative literary analysis
essays 75 Working with comparative literary analysis essays 75 Exercise Set
5.2 Understanding Comparative Literary Analysis Essays 76 Literary Analysis
Research Essays 77 Literary analysis research essays using critical sources
77 Introductions to literary analysis research essays using critical
sources 85 Working with critical sources 85 Exercise Set 5.3 Understanding
the Use of Critical Sources 85 Literary analysis research essays using
historical sources 87 Working with historical sources 89 Exercise Set 5.4
Understanding the Use of Historical Sources 89 In-Class Essays 90 Appendix
1 MLA Format 93 The Appearance of the Essay 93 Documentation: Works Cited
List 94 Works cited entries: print sources 94 Works cited entries: online
sources 98 Works cited entries: other non-print sources 99 Documentation:
In-Text Citations 99 Formatting Quotations 101 Short quotations 101 Long
quotations 102 Changing quotations 103 Appendix 2 Sample Essays 105 1 A
Literary Analysis Essay on a Short Story 106 2 A Literary Analysis Essay on
a Poem 109 3 A Literary Analysis Essay on a Play 111 4 A Literary Analysis
Essay on a Novel 115 5 A Literary Analysis Essay on a Film 119 6 A Passage
Analysis Essay 123 7 A Comparative Literary Analysis Essay 126 8 A Literary
Analysis Research Essay Using Critical Sources 130 9 A Literary Analysis
Research Essay Using Historical Sources 137 Appendix 3 "The Yellow
Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 141 Appendix 4 Selected Exercise
Answers 157 Appendix 5 Glossary of Literary Terms 165 Appendix 6 Structure
and Mechanics: Marking Abbreviations for Instructors and Peer Evaluators
183 Titles 183 Introductory Paragraphs 183 Thesis Statements 183 Analytical
Paragraphs 184 Integrating Quotations 184 Index 187 Structure and Mechanics
Checklist 195

Rezensionen

"Headrick's text captures, uniformly, all the essential elements of solid academic writing about literature, in terms of structure, effective use of direct evidence, and thorough textual analysis, without sounding pedantic or formulaic. For first year students, his pedagogy is clear and accessible; for undergraduate students at every level, it provides an invaluable resource for building their skills and reinforcing good writing practices." -- Cecilia Martell,Kwantlen Polytechnic University

"Overall Headrick has done the discipline of English a great service in tackling what we all know but seldom get round to saying to our students such comprehensive clarity or so courteously!." (The English Association Journal for Teachers of English, 1 October 2014