ABSTRACT

The 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.

chapter 1|26 pages

Miniature Poems

Reading the Elizabethan Sonnet as a Jewel

chapter 2|13 pages

What's Syntax Got to Do with Poetry?

On Puritan Mind-Style and Romantic World-View

chapter 3|14 pages

Women's Poetry

Same or Different?

chapter 4|14 pages

Death on Stage

Learning to Die in a Revenge Tragedy

chapter 5|12 pages

Sheridan's School for Marriage

The Effect of Education and the Nature of Comedy

chapter 6|10 pages

Degenerate Apemen or Heroic Dreamers?

On Cultural Stereotypes and Synge's The Playboy of the Western World

chapter 7|14 pages

Talking About The Weather

Emma and the Social Web of Dialogue

chapter 8|12 pages

Of Elephants, Serpents and Fairy Palaces

Simile and Metaphor in Dickens' Hard Times

chapter 9|10 pages

Laughter in Patriarchy and Colonialism

Lexical Repetition and Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea

chapter 10|13 pages

Point of View and its Effects

Resisting Brian Moore's Lies of Silence