TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Edgar V.
TI  - Writing about literature
SN  - 0130978019
U1  - 808.0668 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Academic writing
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Authorship
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theory, etc
N1  - Includes index; - Ch.  12.  Writing about a problem.  Challenges to overcome in   reading.  - Ch.  13.   Writing about poetic form.  The shape of the poem. - Ch.  14.  Writing essays of comparison-contrast and extended comparison-contrast. Learning by seeing literary works together.  - Ch.  15.  Writing a review essay.  Developing ideas for general or particular audiences.  - Ch.  16.  Writing about film. Drama on the silver screen, television set, and computer monitor.  - Ch.  17.  Writing examinations on literature.  - Ch.  18.  Writing and documenting the research essay.  Using extra resources for understanding.  - Appendix A.  Critical   approaches important in the study of literature.  - Appendix  B.  The use of references and tenses in writing about literature.  - Appendix C.  Works used for demonstrative essays and references.  - A glossary of important literary terms. - Acknowledgments. - Index of authors, topics, directors, producers, and chapter titles; To the instructor.  - Ch.  1.  Preliminary.  The process of reading, responding to, and writing about literature.  - Ch.  2.  Writing about likes and dislikes. Responding to literature.  - Ch.  3.  Writing about a close reading.  Analyzing entire short poems or selected passages from prose fiction and longer poems.  - Ch.  4.  Writing about character.  The people in literature.  - Ch.  5.  Writing about point of view.  The position or stance of the work's narrator or speaker.  - Ch.  6.  Writing about plot and structure.  The development and organization of narratives and drama.  - Ch.  7.  Writing about   setting.   The background of place, objects, and culture in literature.  - Ch.  8.  Writing about an idea or a theme.  The meanings and the messages in literature. - Ch.  9.  Writing about metaphors and similes.  A source of depth and range in  literature.  - Ch.  10.  Writing about symbolism and allusions.  Windows to a wide expanse of meaning.  - Ch.  11.  Writing about tone.  The writer's control over attitudes and feeling
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