Theory into Practice
Theory into Practice
Overview
Preface. To the Student: An Introduction to Theory into Practice. 1. THE RELATIONSHIP OF READING AND WRITING. Reading and Writing in College. Engaging the Text. Adding Marginal Notations. Keeping a Reading Log. Using Heuristics. Shaping a Response. Determining a Purpose and Understanding Forms of Response. Answering Essay Questions. Writing Research Papers. Knowing Your Audience. Choosing a Voice. Helping the Process. Collaboration. Reference Materials. Summing up. Suggested Reading. 2. FAMILIAR APPROACHES. Conventional Ways of Reading Literature. A Social Perspective. The Effects of Genre. Conventional Ways of Writing about Literature. Explication. Analysis. Comparison and Contrast. Study of a Single Author's Works. Summing up. Suggested Reading and Resources. Model Student Analyses. "Between Gloom and Splendor: A Historical Analysis of Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' " by Meghan Harmon. 3. FORMALISM. Historical Background. Russian Formalism. Reading as a Formalist. Form. Diction. Unity. What Doesn't Appear in Formalist Criticism. Paraphrase. Intention. Biography. Affect. Writing a Formalist Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "Robinson's 'Richard Cory': A Formalistic Interpretation," by Frank Perez. 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL CRITICISM. Historical Background. Practicing Psychological Criticism. Freudian Principles. The Unconscious. The Tripartite Psyche. The Significance of Sexuality. The Importance of Dreams. Symbols. Creativity. Summing up. Carl Jung and Mythological Criticism. Characters. Images. Situations. Northrop Frye and Mythological Criticism. Jacques Lacan: An Update on Freud. Character Analysis. Antirealism. Jouissance. Writing Psychological Criticism. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analyses. "'Thou Hast They Music Too': Loss as Art in John Keats' 'To Autumn'" by Meagan Cass. "Power and Desire in Ernest Gaines' 'The Sky is Gray'" by Emily Broussard. 5. MARXIST CRITICISM. Historical Background. Reading from a Marxist Perspective. Economic Power. Materialism versus Spirituality. Class Conflict. Art, Literature, and Ideologies. Writing a Marxist Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "Silence, Violence, and Southern Agrarian Class Conflict in William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' " by Liberty Kohn. 6. FEMINIST CRITICISM. Historical Background. Feminism. Queer Theory. Reading as a Feminist. Studies of Difference. Studies of Power. Studies of the Female Experience. Writing Feminist Criticism. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Road from Mother: A Daughter's Struggle" by Cindy Childress. 7. READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM. Historical Background. Making a Reader's Response. Getting Started. Interacting with the Text. The Text Acts on the Reader. The Reader Acts on the Text. The Transactional Model. Writing a Reader-Response Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "Discovering the Way the World Works: A Reader-Response Analysis of James Joyce's 'Araby' " by Michael Jauchen. 8. DECONSTRUCTION. Historical Background. Practicing Deconstruction. Making a Deconstructive Analysis. Writing a Deconstructive Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Blame Game" by Katherine Meister. 9. CULTURAL STUDIES: NEW HISTORICISM. An Overview of Cultural Studies. Assumptions, Principles, and Goals of New Historicism. Traditional Historicism. New Historicism. New Literary Historicism. Historical Background. Reading as a New Historicist. The World of the Author and the Text. Discourses in the Text. Intentions and Reception. Writing a New Historicist Literary Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Economics of Paranoia in Nadine Gordimer's 'Once Upon a Time'" by Kyle Felker. 10. MORE CULTURAL STUDIES: POSTCOLONIALISM AND MULTICULTURALISM. Postcolonialism. Historical Background. Basic Assumptions. Reading as a Postcolonialist. Presentation of Colonialism. Treatment of Characters. Validity of the Narrative. Expressions of Nativism (Nationalism). Recurring Subjects and Themes. Context. Minor Characters. Political Statement and Innuendo. Similarities. American Multiculturalism. African American Literature. Reading as a Multiculturalist. Narrative Forms. Diction. Style. Writing a Cultural Studies Analysis. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analyses. "Victims Already: Violence and Threat in Nadine Gordimer's 'Once upon a Time' " by Ric Johna. "Langston Hughes and the Dream of America" by Wiley Cash. 11. ECOCRITICISM. What Is It? Historical Background. Getting Started as an Ecocritic. Selecting a Text. Choosing an Approach. Questioning the Representation of Nature. Looking at Nature Writing. Examining Ecocritical Issues and Questions. Writing Ecocriticism. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Function of Nature in John Keats' 'To Autumn'" by Roxie James LITERARY SELECTIONS. Letters of Abigail and John Adams. Jill Ker Conway excerpt from The Road from Coorain. William Faulkner "Barn Burning". Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Ernest J. Gaines "The Sky Is Gray". Nadine Gordimer "Once upon a Time". Nathaniel Hawthorne "Young Goodman Brown". Langston Hughes "I, Too". Langston Hughes "Theme for English B". Zora Neale Hurston excerpt from The Eatonville Anthology. James Joyce "Araby". John Keats "To Autumn". Guy de Maupassant "The Diamond Necklace". Edgar Allan Poe "The Masque of the Red Death". Edwin Arlington Robinson "Richard Cory". INFORMATION AT A GLANCE. GLOSSARY. INDEX.Description
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Overview
Preface. To the Student: An Introduction to Theory into Practice. 1. THE RELATIONSHIP OF READING AND WRITING. Reading and Writing in College. Engaging the Text. Adding Marginal Notations. Keeping a Reading Log. Using Heuristics. Shaping a Response. Determining a Purpose and Understanding Forms of Response. Answering Essay Questions. Writing Research Papers. Knowing Your Audience. Choosing a Voice. Helping the Process. Collaboration. Reference Materials. Summing up. Suggested Reading. 2. FAMILIAR APPROACHES. Conventional Ways of Reading Literature. A Social Perspective. The Effects of Genre. Conventional Ways of Writing about Literature. Explication. Analysis. Comparison and Contrast. Study of a Single Author's Works. Summing up. Suggested Reading and Resources. Model Student Analyses. "Between Gloom and Splendor: A Historical Analysis of Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' " by Meghan Harmon. 3. FORMALISM. Historical Background. Russian Formalism. Reading as a Formalist. Form. Diction. Unity. What Doesn't Appear in Formalist Criticism. Paraphrase. Intention. Biography. Affect. Writing a Formalist Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "Robinson's 'Richard Cory': A Formalistic Interpretation," by Frank Perez. 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL CRITICISM. Historical Background. Practicing Psychological Criticism. Freudian Principles. The Unconscious. The Tripartite Psyche. The Significance of Sexuality. The Importance of Dreams. Symbols. Creativity. Summing up. Carl Jung and Mythological Criticism. Characters. Images. Situations. Northrop Frye and Mythological Criticism. Jacques Lacan: An Update on Freud. Character Analysis. Antirealism. Jouissance. Writing Psychological Criticism. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analyses. "'Thou Hast They Music Too': Loss as Art in John Keats' 'To Autumn'" by Meagan Cass. "Power and Desire in Ernest Gaines' 'The Sky is Gray'" by Emily Broussard. 5. MARXIST CRITICISM. Historical Background. Reading from a Marxist Perspective. Economic Power. Materialism versus Spirituality. Class Conflict. Art, Literature, and Ideologies. Writing a Marxist Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "Silence, Violence, and Southern Agrarian Class Conflict in William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' " by Liberty Kohn. 6. FEMINIST CRITICISM. Historical Background. Feminism. Queer Theory. Reading as a Feminist. Studies of Difference. Studies of Power. Studies of the Female Experience. Writing Feminist Criticism. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Road from Mother: A Daughter's Struggle" by Cindy Childress. 7. READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM. Historical Background. Making a Reader's Response. Getting Started. Interacting with the Text. The Text Acts on the Reader. The Reader Acts on the Text. The Transactional Model. Writing a Reader-Response Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "Discovering the Way the World Works: A Reader-Response Analysis of James Joyce's 'Araby' " by Michael Jauchen. 8. DECONSTRUCTION. Historical Background. Practicing Deconstruction. Making a Deconstructive Analysis. Writing a Deconstructive Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Blame Game" by Katherine Meister. 9. CULTURAL STUDIES: NEW HISTORICISM. An Overview of Cultural Studies. Assumptions, Principles, and Goals of New Historicism. Traditional Historicism. New Historicism. New Literary Historicism. Historical Background. Reading as a New Historicist. The World of the Author and the Text. Discourses in the Text. Intentions and Reception. Writing a New Historicist Literary Analysis. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Economics of Paranoia in Nadine Gordimer's 'Once Upon a Time'" by Kyle Felker. 10. MORE CULTURAL STUDIES: POSTCOLONIALISM AND MULTICULTURALISM. Postcolonialism. Historical Background. Basic Assumptions. Reading as a Postcolonialist. Presentation of Colonialism. Treatment of Characters. Validity of the Narrative. Expressions of Nativism (Nationalism). Recurring Subjects and Themes. Context. Minor Characters. Political Statement and Innuendo. Similarities. American Multiculturalism. African American Literature. Reading as a Multiculturalist. Narrative Forms. Diction. Style. Writing a Cultural Studies Analysis. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analyses. "Victims Already: Violence and Threat in Nadine Gordimer's 'Once upon a Time' " by Ric Johna. "Langston Hughes and the Dream of America" by Wiley Cash. 11. ECOCRITICISM. What Is It? Historical Background. Getting Started as an Ecocritic. Selecting a Text. Choosing an Approach. Questioning the Representation of Nature. Looking at Nature Writing. Examining Ecocritical Issues and Questions. Writing Ecocriticism. Prewriting. Drafting and Revising. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Model Student Analysis. "The Function of Nature in John Keats' 'To Autumn'" by Roxie James LITERARY SELECTIONS. Letters of Abigail and John Adams. Jill Ker Conway excerpt from The Road from Coorain. William Faulkner "Barn Burning". Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Ernest J. Gaines "The Sky Is Gray". Nadine Gordimer "Once upon a Time". Nathaniel Hawthorne "Young Goodman Brown". Langston Hughes "I, Too". Langston Hughes "Theme for English B". Zora Neale Hurston excerpt from The Eatonville Anthology. James Joyce "Araby". John Keats "To Autumn". Guy de Maupassant "The Diamond Necklace". Edgar Allan Poe "The Masque of the Red Death". Edwin Arlington Robinson "Richard Cory". INFORMATION AT A GLANCE. GLOSSARY. INDEX.Description
Condition Guidelines
Books - New and Used
The following guidelines apply to books:
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- Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.
Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.
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- Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
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Estimated delivery times:
- Standard Shipping: 5-8 business days
- Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days
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Tracking
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You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Additional non-returnable items:
- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
- Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery
Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.
Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.
If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:
- Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
- Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
- Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.
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We'll pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). In other cases, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.
Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.
If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.
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