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ENGL 3330: Approaches to Literature

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ENGL 3330: Approaches to Literature

This text was built for a foundational undergraduate course for English majors. It focuses on the various methods, critical theories, and strategies used to analyze literary texts, while emphasizing close reading and academic research.

Humanities
Author
Kris McAbee
Publisher
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 66 sections
  1. 01: Introduction - What Is Literary Theory and Why Should I Care
  2. 1.01: Literary Snapshot- Alices Adventures in Wonderland
  3. 1.02: What Is Literary Theory
  4. 1.03: Why Study Literary Theory
  5. 02: Fiction
  6. 2.01: What is Fiction
  7. 2.02: Short Stories versus the Novel
  8. 2.03: How to Analyze Fiction - Elements of Literature
  9. 2.04: A Review and Questions
  10. 2.05: Gilman Charlotte Perkins The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
  11. 03: Texts in Conversation
  12. 3.01: Intertextuality
  13. 3.02: The Odyssey Introduction
  14. 3.03: Homer The Odyssey Book X
  15. 3.04: Tennyson Ulysses
  16. 3.05: Millay An Ancient Gesture
  17. 04: The Writing Process
  18. 4.01: What Is the Writing Process
  19. 4.02: Why Commit to the Writing Process
  20. 4.03: What Is Academic Argument
  21. 4.04: Introducing an Academic Argument
  22. 05: Poetry
  23. 5.01: What is Poetry
  24. 5.02: Poetic Forms and Language
  25. 5.03: Elements of Poetry
  26. 5.04: John Keats (1795-1821)
  27. 5.05: Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats
  28. 5.06: Ode On a Grecian Urn by John Keats
  29. 5.07: Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
  30. 5.08: Jamaica Kincaid (1949- )
  31. 5.09: Girl by Jamaica Kincaid
  32. 06: Writing about Form - Developing the Foundations of Close Reading
  33. 6.01: The Foundations of New Criticism- An Overview
  34. 6.02: Close Reading Strategies - A Process Approach
  35. 6.03: Suggestions for Further Reading
  36. 07: Writing about Character and Motivation - Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism
  37. 7.01: Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism- An Overview
  38. 7.02: Focus on Sigmund Freud (18561939)- Unconscious Repressed Desire
  39. 7.03: Focus on Jacques Lacan (190181)- Repressed Desire and the Limits of Language
  40. 7.04: Focus on Carl Jung (18751961) - The Archetypal Collective Unconsciousness
  41. 7.05: Reading Keatss Urn through the Psychoanalytic Lens
  42. 7.06: Suggestions for Further Reading
  43. 08: Drama
  44. 8.01: Drama as a Genre
  45. 8.02: Elements of Drama
  46. 8.03: A One-Act Play
  47. 8.04: Trifles by Susan Glaspell
  48. 09: Writing about Gender and Sexuality - Applying Feminist and Gender Criticism
  49. 9.01: Literary Snapshot- Alices Adventures in Wonderland
  50. 9.02: Feminist Theory- An Overview
  51. 9.03: Gender Criticism and Queer Theory
  52. 9.04: Gender Criticism- Masculinity Studies
  53. 9.05: Suggestions for Further Reading
  54. 10: Writing about Racial Ethnic and Cultural Identity
  55. 10.01: Literary Snapshot- Alices Adventures in Wonderland
  56. 10.02: Postcolonial Racial and Ethnic Theory- An Overview
  57. 10.03: Strategies for Starting Your Cultural Identity Paper
  58. 11: Writing about Readers - Applying Reader-Response Theory
  59. 11.01: Reader-Response Theory- An Overview
  60. 11.02: Focus on Reader-Response Strategies
  61. 11.03: Suggestions for Further Reading
  62. 12: Writing about History and Culture from a New Historical Perspective
  63. 12.01: Literary Snapshot- Alices Adventures in Wonderland
  64. 12.02: New Historical Criticism- An Overview
  65. 12.03: Strategies for Starting Your New Historical Paper
  66. 12.04: Suggestions for Further Reading