Like its larger counterpart, the compact "Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama" by Robert DiYanni features student-centered approaches to literature-from experience to interpretation to evaluation-and an emphasis on making connections between texts and thinking critically about literature. Known for its clear presentation of the formal elements of literature and literary analysis, this compact anthology effectively balances classic, modern, and contemporary works across the three major genres, blending well-known writers with a diverse gathering of newer, international figures. This literary breadth is supplemented by extensive coverage of writing about literature, making this book an excellent text for introduction to literature courses as well as literature-based composition courses.
| ISBN | 0073252123 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780073252124
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1190 | | Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education - Europe | | Published in | London | | Imprint | McGraw Hill Higher Education | | Height (mm) | 231 | | Format | Multimedia Item | | Width (mm) | 160 | | Publication date | 01 Nov 2006 | | Spine width (mm) | 38 | | DEWEY | 809 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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* = new selection or section INTRODUCTION Critical Thinking and the Pleasures of Literature The Pleasures of Fiction Thinking Critically about a Story Learning to Be Silent Critical Thinking and Contexts The Pleasures of Poetry Thinking Critically about a Poem Robert Frost, Dust of Snow Critical Thinking and Contexts The Pleasures of Drama Drama and Imaginative Thinking Critical Thinking and Oprah's Book Club: An Exercise Approaching Literature with Critical Thinking Experience Interpretation Evaluation Critical Thinking and Context Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature Reasons for Writing about Literature Ways of Writing about Literature Arguing about Literature The Writing Process Stephen Crane, War is Kind PART ONE: FICTION READING AND WRITING ABOUT FICTION Chapter 1: Reading Stories Luke, The Prodigal Son The Experience of Fiction The Interpretation of Fiction Reading in Context The Evaluation of Fiction John Updike, A&P The Act of Reading Fiction Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour Chapter 2: Types of Short Fiction Early Forms: Parable, Fable, and Tale Aesop, The Wolf and the Mastiff Petronius, The Widow of Ephesus The Short Story The Nonrealistic Story The Short Novel Chapter 3: Elements of Fiction Plot and Structure Frank O'Connor, Guests of the Nation Character Kay Boyle, Astronomer's Wife Setting Bobbie Ann Mason, Shiloh Point of View William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Language and Style James Joyce, Araby Theme Eudora Welty, A Worn Path Irony and Symbol D. H. Lawrence, The Rocking-Horse Winner Chapter 4: Writing About Fiction Reasons for Writing about Fiction Informal Ways of Writing about Fiction Katherine Anne Porter, Magic Formal Ways of Writing about Fiction Student Papers on Fiction Questions for Writing about Fiction Suggestions for Writing THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT FICTION Chapter 5: Three Fiction Writers In Context Reading Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor in Depth Edgar Allan Poe in Context Poe and Journalism Poe and The Horror Story Poe and The Detective Story The Dimension of Style Edgar Allan Poe: Stories: The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe: Letters, Essays Critics on Poe Flannery O'Connor in Context Southern Gothic The Catholic Dimension O'Connor's Irony Flannery O'Connor: Stories: Good Country People A Good Man is Hard to Find Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O'Connor: Letters, Essays Critics on O'Connor *Chapter 6: Envisioning Narrative *Visual Stories *Charles Schulz, Peanuts *Marjane Satrapi, The Veil *Rachel Masilamani, Two Kinds of People AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT FICTION Chapter 7: A Selection of Contemporary Fiction Sherman Alexie, Indian Education *Gish Jen, Who's Irish? *Jhumpa Lahiri, Hell-Heaven Chapter 8: A Selection of World Fiction *Chinua Achebe, Marriage is a Private Affair Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden of Forking Paths Jamaica Kincaid, Girl *Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings translated by Gregory Rabassa *Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gimpel the Fool translated by Saul Bellow Chapter 9: For Further Reading Margaret Atwood, Happy Endings *James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues Raymond Carver, Cathedral *Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Little Dog translated by Richard Peavear and Larissa Volokhonsky *Kate Chopin, The Storm *Sandra Cisneros, Barbie-Q Ralph Ellison, Battle Royal *William Faulkner, Barn Burning *F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown Ernest Hemingway, Hills Like White Elephants *Zora Neale Hurston, Spunk *Shirley Jackson, The Lottery James Joyce, The Boarding House *Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried Tillie Olsen, I Stand Here Ironing Katherine Anne Porter, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall *John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums Amy Tan, Rules of the Game Alice Walk
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