The Literature WorkbookThe Literature Workbook is a practical introductory textbook for literary studies, which can be used either for independent study or as part of a taught class. Laying the ground for further study, The Literature Workbook introduces the beginning student to the essential analytic and interpretative skills that are needed for literary appreciation and evaluation. It also equips the teacher with practical tools and materials for use in seminars or when setting written assessments and projects. Arranged according to genre and chronology, the chapters acquaint the reader with a range of key figures in English literaure and encourage the reader to think about them in their historical and cultural contexts. Adopting a user-friendly case-study approach, each chapter contains * exercises and activities * discussion hints * project work * suggestions for further reading The Workbook also includes: * a glossary * a subject and name index. |
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... Silence What is Literature? Literary Criticism and Social Commitment Discussion Notes References and Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Index Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Talia Rodgers, Sarah.
... Silence What is Literature? Literary Criticism and Social Commitment Discussion Notes References and Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Index Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Talia Rodgers, Sarah.
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... discuss the exercises with other people . The Literature Workbook introduces you to some of the essential analytic ... discussion . The chapters of the Workbook are arranged according to genre and chronology : the first three chapters ...
... discuss the exercises with other people . The Literature Workbook introduces you to some of the essential analytic ... discussion . The chapters of the Workbook are arranged according to genre and chronology : the first three chapters ...
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... Discussion , which aims to get you to think about some fundamental problems of literary criticism We do not necessarily expect you to do all these exercises , but we hope that you will choose the ones you are most interested in . A few ...
... Discussion , which aims to get you to think about some fundamental problems of literary criticism We do not necessarily expect you to do all these exercises , but we hope that you will choose the ones you are most interested in . A few ...
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... DISCUSSION a ) With regard to subject - matter , the only similarity between these two sonnets is that they both regret the ' absence ' of a person , the impossibility of enjoying the company of someone the poet loves : Wyatt laments ...
... DISCUSSION a ) With regard to subject - matter , the only similarity between these two sonnets is that they both regret the ' absence ' of a person , the impossibility of enjoying the company of someone the poet loves : Wyatt laments ...
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... DISCUSSION first two quatrains or octave , but they are absent from the third quatrain and the final couplet . The experience of painful emotions is conveyed through the following lexical choices : ' Sighing , and sadly sitting ' ( I. I ) ...
... DISCUSSION first two quatrains or octave , but they are absent from the third quatrain and the final couplet . The experience of painful emotions is conveyed through the following lexical choices : ' Sighing , and sadly sitting ' ( I. I ) ...
Contents
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From the Elizabethan sonnet to the present | 23 |
Miltons When I Consider | 30 |
Shelleys Sonnet to England in 1819 | 36 |
same but different | 45 |
Activity and project work | 51 |
DEATH ON STAGE | 54 |
The artist as dreamer | 87 |
Characterization through dialogue | 93 |
Dialogue and wit | 99 |
Hard Times | 105 |
The two meanings of fancy | 111 |
LAUGHTER IN PATRIARCHY | 116 |
Colonial and patriarchal implications | 122 |
Lies of Silence | 129 |
Women welcoming death in The White Devil | 61 |
SHERIDANS SCHOOL FOR MARRIAGE | 68 |
Comedy and the confusion of identity | 74 |
DEGENERATE APEMEN OR HEROIC | 80 |
Activity and project work | 136 |
Index | 145 |
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