Studying English literature: a practical guide
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgements
page
χ
Chapter
1
Introduction
1.1
What this book is about
1
1.2
Some practicalities: how to use this book
2
1.3
Reading and writing in your life
6
1.4
A very brief history of writing and reading
9
1.5
What do novels know?
13
1.6
Literacy in contemporary society
15
1.7
Stories, narrative and identity
18
Works cited
20
Chapter
2
Reading
2.1
Writing as reading?
21
2.2
A love of literature
23
2.3
The discipline of English
24
2.4
The new English student
27
2.5
Plagiarism: too complete a loss of self
36
2.6
How to read: ways of avoiding plagiarism
39
2.7
What to read
41
2.8
Some recommended websites
44
Works cited
45
Chapters Argument
3.1
Having something to say
48
3.2
Rethinking dialogue: Mikhail Mikhailovich
Bakhtin
(1895-1975) 50
3.3
Stories, arguments and democracy
52
vu
viii Contents
ЗА
The folded paper: how to stand at a distance and
start a dialogue with a text
54
3.5
What is rhetoric?
61
3.6
A very brief survey of Classical rhetoric
62
3.7
Wayne Booth
(1921-2005)
and The Rhetoric
ofFiction
71
3.8
More ways of discovering arguments
73
Works cited
77
Chapter
4
Essays
4.1
What are essays for?
79
4.2
What is an essay?
80
4.3
How do you think you write an essay?
88
4.4
The stages of writing an essay
88
4.5
Thinking of or about the question
89
4.6
Research
93
4.7
Making a plan
102
4.8
The thesis statement
105
4.9
Writing the main body of the essay
106
4.10
Beginnings and endings
108
4.11
Editing
110
4.12
Finally, a frequently asked question: Is it OK
to use T?
117
Works cited
118
Chapter
5
Sentences
5.1
The most common errors made in student
assignments
121
5.2
Errors involving clauses
122
5.3
Errors involving commas
125
5.4
Errors involving apostrophes
128
5.5
Errors involving pronouns
131
5.6
Errors involving verbs
133
5.7
Errors involving words
138
Works cited
141
Contents ix
Chapter
6
References
6.1
The MLA system
143
6.2
Citations in the MLA style
144
6.3
Quotations
148
6.4
Bibliographies and Works Cited in the MLA style
149
Works cited
155
Appendix. Sample essay by Alex Hobbs
156
Index
166
Studying English Literature
This practical guide provides students beginning to study literature at
university with the reading and writing skills needed to make the most
of their degree. It begins by explaining the history of the subject and of
literary criticism in an easily digestible form. The book answers the key
questions every first-year English student wants to ask: how to approach
assignments and reading lists, how to select the best online resources,
how to make effective notes to retain and use what you ve read, how to
write an essay, how to find something to say when you re stuck, and how
to construct your argument. It contains key tips on grammar, style and
references, and examples of real student essays, with explanations of
what works and what doesn t. Both for those beginning English degrees
and for those considering studying English, this book will be an essential
purchase.
Tory Young is Senior Lecturer in English at
Anglia
Ruskin
University,
Cambridge.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
page
χ
Chapter
1
Introduction
1.1
What this book is about
1
1.2
Some practicalities: how to use this book
2
1.3
Reading and writing in your life
6
1.4
A very brief history of writing and reading
9
1.5
What do novels know?
13
1.6
Literacy in contemporary society
15
1.7
Stories, narrative and identity
18
Works cited
20
Chapter
2
Reading
2.1
Writing as reading?
21
2.2
A love of literature
23
2.3
The discipline of English
24
2.4
The new English student
27
2.5
Plagiarism: too complete a loss of self
36
2.6
How to read: ways of avoiding plagiarism
39
2.7
What to read
41
2.8
Some recommended websites
44
Works cited
45
Chapters Argument
3.1
Having something to say
48
3.2
Rethinking dialogue: Mikhail Mikhailovich
Bakhtin
(1895-1975) 50
3.3
Stories, arguments and democracy
52
vu
viii Contents
ЗА
The folded paper: how to stand at a distance and
start a dialogue with a text
54
3.5
What is rhetoric?
61
3.6
A very brief survey of Classical rhetoric
62
3.7
Wayne Booth
(1921-2005)
and The Rhetoric
ofFiction
71
3.8
More ways of discovering arguments
73
Works cited
77
Chapter
4
Essays
4.1
What are essays for?
79
4.2
What is an essay?
80
4.3
How do you think you write an essay?
88
4.4
The stages of writing an essay
88
4.5
Thinking of or about the question
89
4.6
Research
93
4.7
Making a plan
102
4.8
The thesis statement
105
4.9
Writing the main body of the essay
106
4.10
Beginnings and endings
108
4.11
Editing
110
4.12
Finally, a frequently asked question: 'Is it OK
to use T?'
117
Works cited
118
Chapter
5
Sentences
5.1
The most common errors made in student
assignments
121
5.2
Errors involving clauses
122
5.3
Errors involving commas
125
5.4
Errors involving apostrophes
128
5.5
Errors involving pronouns
131
5.6
Errors involving verbs
133
5.7
Errors involving words
138
Works cited
141
Contents ix
Chapter
6
References
6.1
The MLA system
143
6.2
Citations in the MLA style
144
6.3
Quotations
148
6.4
Bibliographies and Works Cited in the MLA style
149
Works cited
155
Appendix. Sample essay by Alex Hobbs
156
Index
166
Studying English Literature
This practical guide provides students beginning to study literature at
university with the reading and writing skills needed to make the most
of their degree. It begins by explaining the history of the subject and of
literary criticism in an easily digestible form. The book answers the key
questions every first-year English student wants to ask: how to approach
assignments and reading lists, how to select the best online resources,
how to make effective notes to retain and use what you've read, how to
write an essay, how to find something to say when you're stuck, and how
to construct your argument. It contains key tips on grammar, style and
references, and examples of real student essays, with explanations of
what works and what doesn't. Both for those beginning English degrees
and for those considering studying English, this book will be an essential
purchase.
Tory Young is Senior Lecturer in English at
Anglia
Ruskin
University,
Cambridge. |
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