Writing about literature /
Roberts, Edgar V.
Writing about literature / Edgar V. Roberts - Ninth edition - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1999] - xvi, 400 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preliminary: The process of reading, responding to, and writing about literature -- Writing about likes and dislikes: responding to literature -- Writing about character: the people in literature -- Writing about setting: the background of place, objects, and culture in literature -- Writing about plot and structure: the development of narratives and drama -- Writing about point of view: the position or stance of the work's narrator or speaker -- Writing about an idea or a theme: the meaning and the message in literature -- Writing about imagery: the literary work's link to the senses -- Writing about metaphor and simile: a source of depth and range in literature -- Writing about symbolism and allegory: keys to extended meaning -- Writing about tome: the writer's control over attitudes and feeling -- Writing about a problem: challenges to overcome in reading -- Writing an essay of comparison and contrast: learning by seeing literary works together -- Writing about prosody: sound, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry -- Writing an essay based on the close reading of a poem or short prose passage -- Writing about film: drama on the silver and color screens -- Writing a review essay: developing ideas for general or particular audiences -- Writing the research essay: using extra resources for understanding -- Writing examinations on literature -- Critical approaches important in the study of literature -- integration of quotations and other important details, and the use of tenses in writing about literature -- Works used as sample essays and references [ch.] 1. [ch.] 2. [ch.] 3. [ch.] 4. [ch.] 5. [ch.] 6. [ch.] 7. [ch.] 8. [ch.] 9. [ch.] 10. [ch.] 11. [ch.] 12. [ch.] 13. [ch.] 14. [ch.] 15. [ch.] 16. [ch.] 17. [ch.] 18. [ch.] 19. appendix A. appendix B. The appendix C.
013081430X (pbk.) 9780130814302 (pbk.)
University Bookshop
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.
Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Criticism--Authorship
Academic writing
PE1479.C7 / R59 1999
Writing about literature / Edgar V. Roberts - Ninth edition - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1999] - xvi, 400 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preliminary: The process of reading, responding to, and writing about literature -- Writing about likes and dislikes: responding to literature -- Writing about character: the people in literature -- Writing about setting: the background of place, objects, and culture in literature -- Writing about plot and structure: the development of narratives and drama -- Writing about point of view: the position or stance of the work's narrator or speaker -- Writing about an idea or a theme: the meaning and the message in literature -- Writing about imagery: the literary work's link to the senses -- Writing about metaphor and simile: a source of depth and range in literature -- Writing about symbolism and allegory: keys to extended meaning -- Writing about tome: the writer's control over attitudes and feeling -- Writing about a problem: challenges to overcome in reading -- Writing an essay of comparison and contrast: learning by seeing literary works together -- Writing about prosody: sound, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry -- Writing an essay based on the close reading of a poem or short prose passage -- Writing about film: drama on the silver and color screens -- Writing a review essay: developing ideas for general or particular audiences -- Writing the research essay: using extra resources for understanding -- Writing examinations on literature -- Critical approaches important in the study of literature -- integration of quotations and other important details, and the use of tenses in writing about literature -- Works used as sample essays and references [ch.] 1. [ch.] 2. [ch.] 3. [ch.] 4. [ch.] 5. [ch.] 6. [ch.] 7. [ch.] 8. [ch.] 9. [ch.] 10. [ch.] 11. [ch.] 12. [ch.] 13. [ch.] 14. [ch.] 15. [ch.] 16. [ch.] 17. [ch.] 18. [ch.] 19. appendix A. appendix B. The appendix C.
013081430X (pbk.) 9780130814302 (pbk.)
University Bookshop
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.
Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Criticism--Authorship
Academic writing
PE1479.C7 / R59 1999