1.1: Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts

Introduction to Essays, Shorts Stories, Poems, and Plays · LibreTexts

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    Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life. ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

    A jumble of magnets with words on them

    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Magnetic Fridge Poetry. (CC BY 2.0; Steve Johnson, via Flickr)

    Learning Outcomes

    • Identify the key features of prose
    • Identify the key features of poetry
    • Identify and describe the major critical approaches to literary interpretation: New Criticism/Formalism, Reader-Response, Feminism, and Marxism

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