Gillespie, Tim. <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781571108425 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1571108424 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010016607 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reading (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>High school students--Books and reading--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1632  / .G45 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>801/.950712