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Doing literary criticism : helping students engage with challenging texts / Tim Gillespie ; foreword by Leila Christenbury.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Portland, Me.] : Stenhouse Publishers, c2010.Description: xiv, 306 : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9781571108425 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1571108424 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 801/.950712 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1632 .G45 2010
Contents:
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.
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack LB 1632.G45 2010 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 80257
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack LB 1632.G45 2010 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 80258

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.

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