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Direct linkRobson, Mark, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2020
"What is Literature? A Critical Anthology" explores the most fundamental question in literary studies. 'What is literature?' is the name of a problem that emerges with the idea of literature in European modernity. This volume offers a cross-section of modern literary theory and reflects on the history of thinking about literature as a…
Descriptors: Literature, Literary Criticism, Aesthetic Education, Poetry
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
Download full textDeVito, Angela, Ed.; Medine, Peter, Ed. – 1991
The discussion questions and essay prompts in this collection were compiled from contributions made by participants in the 1991 Arizona Shakespeare-Milton Institute. After an introduction which presents some general guidelines for teachers and students, the collection addresses the following works: "As You Like It"; "The…
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
O'Connor, Beth – 2003
In this lesson, grade 6-8 students analyze a variety of poets and their poetry by reading and listening to their work. Students then use information gathered from Internet resources to select a favorite poet and perform one of their poems for the class. During the four 30-minute and five 20-minute sessions, students will: analyze a variety of…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Internet, Lesson Plans, Literary Criticism
Orr, Gregory, Ed.; Voigt, Ellen Bryant, Ed. – 1996
This anthology collects essays by current and former lecturers at the Warren Wilson College (North Carolina) MFA Program for Writers. Some of the poets whose essays are included are: Joan Aleshire, Marianne Boruch, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dobyns, Reginald Gibbons, Louise Gluck, Allen Grossman, Robert Hass, Tony Hoagland, Heather McHugh, Gregory Orr,…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Creative Writing, Figurative Language, Higher Education
Van Noate, Judith, Comp. – 1994
This guide is intended to help library patrons of the Atkins Library (at the University of North Carolina Charlotte) find sources of criticism on African-American literature. The guide explains important reference sources in the reference collection of the library and how to find biographical and critical information in books and periodicals. The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Literature, Blacks, Childrens Literature
Myers, David Gershom – University of Chicago Press, 2006
When Vladimir Nabokov was up for a chair in literature at Harvard, the linguist Roman Jakobson protested: "What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?" That anecdote, with which D. G. Myers begins "The Elephants Teach", perfectly frames the issues this book tackles. Myers explores more than a century of debate over how writing should…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Creative Writing, Poetry, Educational History
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
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 interpret and evaluate complex works of music, dance, theater, visual arts,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Anthologies, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis
