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Rockas, Leo – 1984
Intended as a guide for students of literature, this book introduces literary analysis through discussion of forms, elements, and genres. The first half of the book focuses on theory, with each section preceded by literary passages and interpretative questions. The second half is devoted to practice, and contains three contrasting literary genre…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Drama, Fiction, High Schools
Swisher, Clarice, Ed. – 1997
Designed for young adults, this book on Jane Austen's novels is one of an anthology series providing accessible resources for students researching great literary lives and works. Contributing writers' essays in the book are taken from a wide variety of sources and are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension levels of young adults; each…
Descriptors: Authors, Classics (Literature), English Literature, Literary Criticism
Swisher, Clarice, Ed. – 1998
Intended as an accessible resource for students researching Great Britain's greatest literary figures, this collection of essays about Charles Dickens's (1812-1870) work contains an in-depth biography and essays taken from a wide variety of sources. The essays are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension levels of young adults; each…
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Karson, Jill, Ed. – 1998
Intended as an accessible resource for students researching America's greatest literary figures, this collection of essays about John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" contains a biography of the author and essays taken from a wide variety of sources. The essays are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension level of young adults;…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Drama, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
de Koster, Katie, Ed. – 1997
Intended as an accessible resource for students researching America's greatest literary figures, this collection of essays about Ernest Hemingway's (1899-1961) work contains an in-depth biography and essays taken from a wide variety of sources. The essays are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension levels of young adults; each essay is…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Fiction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
laGuardia, Dolores; Guth, Hans P. – 1993
Focusing on issues that define the multicultural society and intended to help students become alert readers, more purposeful and effective writers, and thinking members of the larger community, this book is built around selections by committed writers who demonstrate the power of the written word to record, interpret, and change today's social and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism
Biddle, Arthur W., Ed.; Fulwiler, Toby, Ed. – 1989
Approaching literary study from two distinct yet interlocking perspectives (by looking at the major genres of literature and by examining the forms in which students of literature are expected to write about the literature they read), this book has two main sections. Following the Prelude, which treats the relationships between reading and writing…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Drama, Essays, Fiction
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1996
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to answering questions using information gathered through direct observations,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Activities, Content Analysis, Critical Reading
