Introduction to Essays, Shorts Stories, Poems, and Plays

by Kimberly Limon

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

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Publisher
Cosumnes River College
Subjects
Humanities
Licence
CC BY-SA, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Introduction to Literature
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Understanding Literature
  7. 1.1: Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts
  8. 1.2: A Short History of the Early American Novel
  9. 1.3: Literary Terms- A Guide
  10. 1.4: Literary Criticism
  11. 1.5: Introduction to Early American and Puritan Literature
  12. 1.5.1: Introduction to Early American Literature
  13. 1.5.2: Video- American Puritanism (I)
  14. 1.5.3: Video- American Puritanism (III)
  15. 1.6: Introduction to Romantic Literature
  16. 1.7: Introduction to Realism and Naturalism
  17. 1.8: Introduction to Modernism
  18. 1.9: Introduction to Contemporary Literature
  19. 1.10: Module 1- The Reader and the Text
  20. 1.10.1: Introduction
  21. 1.10.2: The Purpose of Literature
  22. 1.10.3: Literature’s Forms and Parts
  23. 1.11: Module 2- Responding to Fiction
  24. 1.11.1: Introduction
  25. 1.11.2: Active Reading and Fiction
  26. 1.11.3: Literary Movements
  27. 1.11.4: Elements of Fiction
  28. 2: Introduction to Enlightenment Literature
  29. 2.1: Reader-Response Criticism
  30. 2.2: Video- Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment
  31. 2.3: Video- American Puritanism (I)
  32. 2.4: Video- The American Enlightenment
  33. 2.5: Video- American Gothic (I)
  34. 3: Short Stories and Essays
  35. 3.1: How to Analyze a Short Story
  36. 3.2: Short Stories
  37. 3.2.1: Kate Chopin
  38. 3.2.1.1: The Story of an Hour
  39. 3.2.2: Edgar Allan Poe
  40. 3.2.2.1: “The Philosophy of Composition” (1846)
  41. 3.2.2.2: “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
  42. 3.2.3: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
  43. 3.2.3.1: “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
  44. 3.2.4: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
  45. 3.2.4.1: 3.7.1-“Young Goodman Brown” (1835)
  46. 3.2.5: Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
  47. 3.2.5.1: "The Lottery"
  48. 3.2.6: William Faulkner (1897-1962)
  49. 3.2.6.1: "A Rose for Emily"
  50. 3.3: Essays and Speeches
  51. 3.3.1: A Model of Christian Charity
  52. 3.3.2: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
  53. 3.3.3: The Pilgrim’s Progress
  54. 4: Poetry
  55. 4.1: The Art of Poetry
  56. 4.1.1: Introduction
  57. 4.1.2: Poetic Forms and Language
  58. 4.1.3: Elements of Poetry
  59. 4.2: Approaching Poetry
  60. 4.3: Free Verse
  61. 4.4: Verses upon the Burning of Our House
  62. 4.5: John Donne (1572–1631)
  63. 4.5.1: The Flea
  64. 4.5.2: Death Be Not Proud
  65. 4.6: Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven” (1845)
  66. 4.7: Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
  67. 4.7.1: “Howl” (1956)
  68. 4.8: Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
  69. 4.9: Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
  70. 4.9.1: “Daddy” (1965)
  71. 4.10: Emily Dickinson
  72. 4.10.1: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
  73. 4.11: Dylan Thomas
  74. 5: Plays
  75. 5.1: The Art of Tragic Drama
  76. 5.1.1: Introduction
  77. 5.1.2: About Drama
  78. 5.1.3: The Importance of Tragedy
  79. 5.1.4: Elements of Drama
  80. 5.2: Oscar Wilde
  81. 5.2.1: The Importance of Being Earnest
  82. 5.2.2: Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
  83. 5.3: Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" (1916)
  84. 5.4: Christopher Marlowe
  85. 5.4.1: Dr. Faustus
  86. 6: Writing about Literature
  87. 6.1: Writing About Literature
  88. 6.1.1: Introduction to Writing About Literature
  89. 6.1.2: Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Sources
  90. 6.1.3: Annotated List of Useful Online Resources
  91. 6.1.4: Using Databases- Periodical Indexes and Abstracts
  92. 6.1.5: Annotated List of Useful Databases
  93. 6.1.6: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources
  94. 6.1.7: Finding Literary Criticism
  95. 6.1.8: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
  96. 6.1.9: Additional Resources
  97. 6.2: Creating Literary Analysis
  98. 6.2.1: Introduction - What Is Literary Theory and Why Should I Care?
  99. 6.2.2: Writing about Form - Developing the Foundations of Close Reading
  100. 6.2.3: Writing about Character and Motivation - Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism
  101. 6.2.4: Writing about Gender and Sexuality - Applying Feminist and Gender Criticism
  102. 6.2.5: Writing about Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Identity
  103. 6.2.6: Writing about Readers - Applying Reader-Response Theory
  104. 6.2.7: Writing about History and Culture from a New Historical Perspective
  105. 6.2.8: Writing about the Natural World
  106. 6.2.9: Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
  107. 6.2.10: Appendix - Peer Review Sheets
  108. 6.3: Research for Literary Analysis
  109. 6.3.1: Introduction
  110. 6.3.2: Developing Analysis
  111. 6.3.3: Preparing for Research — Knowing Your Thesis
  112. 6.3.4: Discovering and Documenting Sources
  113. 6.3.5: Approaches to Literary Analysis
  114. Back Matter
  115. Index
  116. Glossary
  117. Detailed Licensing