The Literature WorkbookThe Literature Workbook is a practical introductory textbook for literary studies, which can be used either for independent study or as part of a taught class. Laying the ground for further study, The Literature Workbook introduces the beginning student to the essential analytic and interpretative skills that are needed for literary appreciation and evaluation. It also equips the teacher with practical tools and materials for use in seminars or when setting written assessments and projects. Arranged according to genre and chronology, the chapters acquaint the reader with a range of key figures in English literaure and encourage the reader to think about them in their historical and cultural contexts. Adopting a user-friendly case-study approach, each chapter contains * exercises and activities * discussion hints * project work * suggestions for further reading The Workbook also includes: * a glossary * a subject and name index. |
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... Moore's Lies of Silence Project Work: The Turn of The Screw Lies of Silence Point of View and Characterization Explicit Evaluation Implicit Evaluation Ideological Contradictions in Lies of Silence What is Literature? Literary Criticism ...
... Moore's Lies of Silence Project Work: The Turn of The Screw Lies of Silence Point of View and Characterization Explicit Evaluation Implicit Evaluation Ideological Contradictions in Lies of Silence What is Literature? Literary Criticism ...
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... Moore's Lies of Silence 126 Lies of Silence 129 Point of view and characterization 129 Explicit evaluation 130 Implicit evaluation 131 Ideological contradictions in Lies of Silence 134 Activity and project work 136 References and ...
... Moore's Lies of Silence 126 Lies of Silence 129 Point of view and characterization 129 Explicit evaluation 130 Implicit evaluation 131 Ideological contradictions in Lies of Silence 134 Activity and project work 136 References and ...
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... Moore published in 1990 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and reprinted with their permission ; extracts from Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys , copyright © 1966 by Jean Rhys , reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Ltd and W. W. Norton ...
... Moore published in 1990 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and reprinted with their permission ; extracts from Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys , copyright © 1966 by Jean Rhys , reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Ltd and W. W. Norton ...
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... Moore . Due to restrictions of space , the focus is clearly on the novel , and there is very little on the short story . The first chapter on the sonnet is considerably longer than the other chapters , because it aims to familiarize you ...
... Moore . Due to restrictions of space , the focus is clearly on the novel , and there is very little on the short story . The first chapter on the sonnet is considerably longer than the other chapters , because it aims to familiarize you ...
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Contents
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From the Elizabethan sonnet to the present | 23 |
Miltons When I Consider | 30 |
Shelleys Sonnet to England in 1819 | 36 |
same but different | 45 |
Activity and project work | 51 |
DEATH ON STAGE | 54 |
The artist as dreamer | 87 |
Characterization through dialogue | 93 |
Dialogue and wit | 99 |
Hard Times | 105 |
The two meanings of fancy | 111 |
LAUGHTER IN PATRIARCHY | 116 |
Colonial and patriarchal implications | 122 |
Lies of Silence | 129 |
Women welcoming death in The White Devil | 61 |
SHERIDANS SCHOOL FOR MARRIAGE | 68 |
Comedy and the confusion of identity | 74 |
DEGENERATE APEMEN OR HEROIC | 80 |
Activity and project work | 136 |
Index | 145 |
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