03421cam a22003733 4500 75969 20230410130705.0 080516s2001 nju 000 0 eng d 00039940 (OCoLC)ocm43859616 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER P4I AU@ 000021462575 (OCoLC)43859616 PN 45 R643l 2001 808/.0668 GRAL Roberts, Edgar V. Literature : an introduction to reading and writing / Edgar V. Roberts, Henry E. Jacobs. 6a ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2001. liii, 2076 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes indexes. Introduction : reading, responding to, and writing about literature -- Reading and writing about fiction -- Fiction : an overview -- Plot and structure : the development and organization of stories -- Characters : the people in fiction -- Point of view : the position or stance of the narrator or speaker -- Setting : the background of place, objects, and culture in stories -- Style : the words that tell the story -- Tone : the expression of attitude in fiction -- Symbolism and allegory : keys to extended meaning -- Idea or theme : the meaning and the message in fiction -- A career in fiction : a collection of stories by Edgar Allen Poe -- Stories for additional study -- Reading and writing about poetry -- Meeting poetry : an overview -- Character and setting : who, what, where, and when in poetry -- Words : the building blocks of poetry -- Imagery : the poem's link to the senses -- Figures of speech, or metaphorical language : a source of depth and range in poetry -- Tone : the creation of attitude in poetry -- Prosody : sound, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry -- Form : the shape of the poem -- Symbolism and allusion : windows to a wide expanse of meaning -- Myth : systems of symbolic allusion in poetry. Eight poems related to the myth of Odysseus ; Seven poems related to the myth of Icarus ; Three poems related to the myth of the phoenix ; Two poems related to the myth of Oedipus -- Meaning : idea and theme in poetry -- Three poetic careers : William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost -- Poems for additional study -- Reading and writing about drama -- The dramatic vision : an overview -- The tragic vision : affirmation through loss -- The comic vision : restoring the balance -- Visions of dramatic reality and nonreality : varying the idea of drama as imitation -- Dramatic vision and the motion picture camera : drama on the silver (and television) screen -- A career in drama : two major plays of Henrik Ibsen Special writing topics about literature -- Writing and documenting the research essay -- Critical approaches important in the study of literature -- Taking examinations on literature -- Comparison-contrast and extended comparison-contrast : learning by seeing literary works together -- Appendix I. MLA recommendations for documenting electronic sources -- Appendix II. Brief biographies of the poets in part III -- Glossary of literary terms. Literature. Exposition (Rhetoric) Literature Collections. College readers. Report writing. Jacobs, Henry E. lcc bk C0 DRFGD RCH 78605 78605 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 45 R643l 2001 00000068201 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk