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Living Literature: A Journey Through Stories, Drama, and Poetry

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Living Literature: A Journey Through Stories, Drama, and Poetry

This textbook introduces students to literature through creative nonfiction, fiction, drama, and poetry while developing skills in close reading, literary analysis, and academic writing. It explores literary elements, major critical theories, research methods, and MLA citation style through readings, discussion questions, and writing activities that strengthen interpretation and communication skills.

Humanities
Author
Kelsey Ford
Publisher
Cosumnes River College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 83 sections
  1. 01: What Is Literature and How Do We Interact with It
  2. 1.01: What is Literature
  3. 1.02: Why Read and Write About Literature
  4. 1.03: Tips for Reading Online
  5. 1.04: The Literary Landscape- Four Major Genres
  6. 02: Creative Nonfiction
  7. 2.01: What is Creative Nonfiction
  8. 2.02: Elements of Creative Nonfiction
  9. 2.03: The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2009)
  10. 2.04: Discussion Questions on The Danger of a Single Story
  11. 2.05: The Blue by Anne-Marie Oomen (2018)
  12. 2.06: Discussion Questions on The Blue
  13. 03: Fiction
  14. 3.01: What is Fiction
  15. 3.02: Short Stories versus the Novel
  16. 3.03: How to Read Fiction
  17. 3.04: Elements of Fiction
  18. 3.05: The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence
  19. 3.06: Discussion Questions on The Rocking Horse Winner
  20. 3.07: Characterization
  21. 3.08: Plot
  22. 3.09: Setting
  23. 3.10: Narration (Point of View)
  24. 3.11: Discussion Questions on The Shawl by Louise Erdrich
  25. 3.12: Theme
  26. 3.13: Rhetorical and Literary Devices
  27. 3.14: Word Choice Tone Voice and Style
  28. 3.15: Taking Notes on a Novel
  29. 04: Literary Theory and Criticism
  30. 4.01: What is Literary Criticism
  31. 4.02: Formalism
  32. 4.03: Psychoanalytic Criticism
  33. 4.04: Gender Criticism
  34. 4.05: New Historicism
  35. 4.06: Postcolonial and Ethnic Studies
  36. 4.07: Ecocriticism
  37. 4.08: On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather (1908)
  38. 4.09: Literary Concept Map Group Assignment
  39. 05: Drama
  40. 5.01: What is Drama
  41. 5.02: Elements of Drama
  42. 5.03: Reading and Responding to Drama
  43. 5.04: Trifles by Susan Glaspell (1916)
  44. 06: Poetry
  45. 6.01: What is Poetry
  46. 6.02: Music and Poetry
  47. 6.03: Reading Poetry
  48. 6.04: Close Reading of a Poem
  49. 6.05: Why Analyze Poetry
  50. 6.06: Imagery
  51. 6.07: The Line in Poetry
  52. 6.08: Word Choice Word Order and Tone
  53. 6.09: Voice
  54. 6.10: Figurative Language
  55. 6.11: Form in Poetry
  56. 6.12: Meter
  57. 6.13: Alliteration Consonance Assonance
  58. 6.14: Rhyme
  59. 6.15: Video- Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter
  60. 6.16: Poetry Canvas Page and Video Group Assignment
  61. 07: Writing about Literature
  62. 7.01: What Does My Professor Want
  63. 7.02: Literary Response Paper
  64. 7.03: The Writing Process for Literary Essays
  65. 7.04: Prewriting for Literature Essays
  66. 7.05: Brainstorming
  67. 7.06: Writing About Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
  68. 7.07: Literary Thesis Statements
  69. 7.08: Essay as Argument
  70. 7.09: Summarizing vs. Analyzing Literary Works
  71. 7.10: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
  72. 7.11: Sample Student Literary Analysis Essays
  73. 7.12: Essays on Comparing and Contrasting Literature
  74. 7.13: Writing About Drama
  75. 7.14: Literary Research Essays
  76. 7.15: How to Perform Literary Research
  77. 08: MLA Format and Citations
  78. 8.01: Avoiding Plagiarism Through Ethical Attribution
  79. 8.02: What is MLA
  80. 8.03: Formatting a Literature Essay
  81. 8.04: MLA Works Cited Page
  82. 8.05: MLA In-Text Citations
  83. 8.06: Quotation Paraphrase and Summary