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Introduction to Essays, Shorts Stories, Poems, and Plays

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Introduction to Essays, Shorts Stories, Poems, and Plays

This textbook is designed to introduce students to various genres of literature ranging from short essays, stories, poems, and plays.

Humanities
Author
Kimberly Limon
Publisher
Cosumnes River College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 108 sections
  1. 01: Understanding Literature
  2. 1.01: Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts
  3. 1.02: A Short History of the Early American Novel
  4. 1.03: Literary Terms- A Guide
  5. 1.04: Literary Criticism
  6. 1.05: Introduction to Early American and Puritan Literature
  7. 1.5.01: Introduction to Early American Literature
  8. 1.5.02: Video- American Puritanism (I)
  9. 1.5.03: Video- American Puritanism (III)
  10. 1.06: Introduction to Romantic Literature
  11. 1.07: Introduction to Realism and Naturalism
  12. 1.08: Introduction to Modernism
  13. 1.09: Introduction to Contemporary Literature
  14. 1.10: Module 1- The Reader and the Text
  15. 1.10.01: Introduction
  16. 1.10.02: The Purpose of Literature
  17. 1.10.03: Literatures Forms and Parts
  18. 1.11: Module 2- Responding to Fiction
  19. 1.11.01: Introduction
  20. 1.11.02: Active Reading and Fiction
  21. 1.11.03: Literary Movements
  22. 1.11.04: Elements of Fiction
  23. 02: Introduction to Enlightenment Literature
  24. 2.01: Reader-Response Criticism
  25. 2.02: Video- Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment
  26. 2.03: Video- American Puritanism (I)
  27. 2.04: Video- The American Enlightenment
  28. 2.05: Video- American Gothic (I)
  29. 03: Short Stories and Essays
  30. 3.01: How to Analyze a Short Story
  31. 3.02: Short Stories
  32. 3.2.01: Kate Chopin
  33. 3.2.1.01: The Story of an Hour
  34. 3.2.02: Edgar Allan Poe
  35. 3.2.2.01: The Philosophy of Composition (1846)
  36. 3.2.2.02: The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
  37. 3.2.03: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
  38. 3.2.3.01: The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
  39. 3.2.04: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
  40. 3.2.4.01: 3.7.1-Young Goodman Brown (1835)
  41. 3.2.05: Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
  42. 3.2.5.01: The Lottery
  43. 3.2.06: William Faulkner (1897-1962)
  44. 3.2.6.01: A Rose for Emily
  45. 3.03: Essays and Speeches
  46. 3.3.01: A Model of Christian Charity
  47. 3.3.02: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
  48. 3.3.03: The Pilgrims Progress
  49. 04: Poetry
  50. 4.01: The Art of Poetry
  51. 4.1.01: Introduction
  52. 4.1.02: Poetic Forms and Language
  53. 4.1.03: Elements of Poetry
  54. 4.02: Approaching Poetry
  55. 4.03: Free Verse
  56. 4.04: Verses upon the Burning of Our House
  57. 4.05: John Donne (15721631)
  58. 4.5.01: The Flea
  59. 4.5.02: Death Be Not Proud
  60. 4.06: Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven (1845)
  61. 4.07: Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
  62. 4.7.01: Howl (1956)
  63. 4.08: Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
  64. 4.09: Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
  65. 4.9.01: Daddy (1965)
  66. 4.10: Emily Dickinson
  67. 4.10.01: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
  68. 4.11: Dylan Thomas
  69. 05: Plays
  70. 5.01: The Art of Tragic Drama
  71. 5.1.01: Introduction
  72. 5.1.02: About Drama
  73. 5.1.03: The Importance of Tragedy
  74. 5.1.04: Elements of Drama
  75. 5.02: Oscar Wilde
  76. 5.2.01: The Importance of Being Earnest
  77. 5.2.02: Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
  78. 5.03: Susan Glaspell's Trifles (1916)
  79. 5.04: Christopher Marlowe
  80. 5.4.01: Dr. Faustus
  81. 06: Writing about Literature
  82. 6.01: Writing About Literature
  83. 6.1.01: Introduction to Writing About Literature
  84. 6.1.02: Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Sources
  85. 6.1.03: Annotated List of Useful Online Resources
  86. 6.1.04: Using Databases- Periodical Indexes and Abstracts
  87. 6.1.05: Annotated List of Useful Databases
  88. 6.1.06: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources
  89. 6.1.07: Finding Literary Criticism
  90. 6.1.08: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
  91. 6.1.09: Additional Resources
  92. 6.02: Creating Literary Analysis
  93. 6.2.01: Introduction - What Is Literary Theory and Why Should I Care
  94. 6.2.02: Writing about Form - Developing the Foundations of Close Reading
  95. 6.2.03: Writing about Character and Motivation - Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism
  96. 6.2.04: Writing about Gender and Sexuality - Applying Feminist and Gender Criticism
  97. 6.2.05: Writing about Racial Ethnic and Cultural Identity
  98. 6.2.06: Writing about Readers - Applying Reader-Response Theory
  99. 6.2.07: Writing about History and Culture from a New Historical Perspective
  100. 6.2.08: Writing about the Natural World
  101. 6.2.09: Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
  102. 6.2.10: Appendix - Peer Review Sheets
  103. 6.03: Research for Literary Analysis
  104. 6.3.01: Introduction
  105. 6.3.02: Developing Analysis
  106. 6.3.03: Preparing for Research Knowing Your Thesis
  107. 6.3.04: Discovering and Documenting Sources
  108. 6.3.05: Approaches to Literary Analysis