Doing literary criticism :
Gillespie, Tim.
Doing literary criticism : helping students engage with challenging texts / Tim Gillespie ; foreword by Leila Christenbury. - [Portland, Me.] : Stenhouse Publishers, c2010. - xiv, 306 : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index.
Getting started: classroom practices that support the study of literary criticism -- Reader response criticism: beginning with personal meaning and classroom community -- Biographical criticism: examining the relevance of writers' lives and identities -- Historical criticism: weighing the historical context of works of literature -- Psychological criticism: using literature to understand human behavior -- Archetypal criticism: finding the mythic resonance in texts -- - Genre criticism: exploring classifications and contexts -- Moral criticism: probing the moral and ethical dimensions of literature -- Philosophical criticism: investigating the intersection of literature and philosophy -- Feminist criticism: interrogating gender issues -- Political or advocacy criticism: engaging with social justice issues through literature -- Formalist criticism: analyzing writing craft -- Putting it all together: a conclusion and commencement.
9781571108425 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1571108424 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010016607
Reading (Secondary)--United States.
Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
High school students--Books and reading--United States.
LB1632 / .G45 2010
801/.950712
Doing literary criticism : helping students engage with challenging texts / Tim Gillespie ; foreword by Leila Christenbury. - [Portland, Me.] : Stenhouse Publishers, c2010. - xiv, 306 : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index.
Getting started: classroom practices that support the study of literary criticism -- Reader response criticism: beginning with personal meaning and classroom community -- Biographical criticism: examining the relevance of writers' lives and identities -- Historical criticism: weighing the historical context of works of literature -- Psychological criticism: using literature to understand human behavior -- Archetypal criticism: finding the mythic resonance in texts -- - Genre criticism: exploring classifications and contexts -- Moral criticism: probing the moral and ethical dimensions of literature -- Philosophical criticism: investigating the intersection of literature and philosophy -- Feminist criticism: interrogating gender issues -- Political or advocacy criticism: engaging with social justice issues through literature -- Formalist criticism: analyzing writing craft -- Putting it all together: a conclusion and commencement.
9781571108425 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1571108424 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010016607
Reading (Secondary)--United States.
Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
High school students--Books and reading--United States.
LB1632 / .G45 2010
801/.950712