The Norton introduction to literature / [edited by] Kelly J. Mays, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]Copyright date: 2019Edition: Shorter thirteenth editionDescription: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780393664942
- 0393664945
- 808.8 23
- PN6014 .N67 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Fiction. 1. Fiction: reading, responding, writing -- Understanding the text. 2. Plot -- 3. Narration and point of view -- 4. Character -- 5. Seeting -- 6. Symbol and figurative language -- 7. Theme -- Exploring contexts. 8. The author's work as context: Flannery O'Connor -- 9. Cultural and historical contexts: women in turn-of-the-century America -- 10. Critical contexts: Tim O'Brien's "The things they carried" -- Reading more fiction. Part Two: Poetry. 11. Poetry: reading, responding, writing -- Understanding the text. 12. Speaker: whose voice do we hear? -- 13. Situation and setting: what happens? Where? When? -- 14. Theme and tone -- 15. Language: word choice and order -- 16. Visual imagery and figures of speech -- 17. Symbol -- 18. The sounds of poetry -- 19. Internal structure -- 20. External form -- Exploring contents. 21. The author's work as context: Adrienne Rich -- 22. The author's work as context: William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience -- 23. Cultural and historical contexts: the Harlem Renaissance -- 24. Critical contexts: Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" -- Reading more poetry. Part Three: Drama. 25. Drama: reading, responding, writing -- Understanding the text. 26. Elements of drama -- Exploring contexts. 27. The author's work as context: William Shakespeare -- 28. Cultural and historical contexts: Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun -- 29. Critical contexts: Sophocles's Antigone -- Reading more drama. Part Four: Writing about literature -- 30. Basic moves: paraphrase, summary, description -- 31. The literature essay -- 32. The writing process -- 33. The literature research essay -- 34. Quotation, Citation, and documentation -- 35. Sample reseach essay.
This unparalleled collection offers the trusted writing guidance students need, along with the exciting mix of the stories, poems, and plays instructors want. The Thirteenth Edition adds more contemporary and diverse works to engage today's students, and new pedagogical tools to help foster close reading and careful writing, making this book the best choice for helping students appreciate, analyze, and write about literature.
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