文学解读和论文写作

出版时间：2006-7  出版社：北京大学  作者：格里菲斯  页数：430  
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前言

　　大学阶段，按专业套路打好论说文写作的功底，这不仅有助于思维和表达，也会让人养成遵守学术规范的习惯。这是个浅显的道理，不过在国内，此类简单常识有时并不能引起我们足够的重视。无论在大学里，还是社会上，有关写作套路和规范的训练项目并不多见，指导性的书籍也不畅销。文化青年的撰述行为常似沙上建塔，产出很多，表现出的基本功还欠扎实，似乎又无何不妥，尚未影响我们成为社会和文化的栋梁。当然，基础不实，不仅相对于个人，整个文化慢慢也会出现一些问题。从这个角度看，出版一本英文的写作指南，虽属小事一件，但或许会对一部分人有固本荣枝的实际意义，也可以让其他文化对我们的文化有一点正面影响。...

内容概要

　　本书涉及文学解读和阐释性写作的各种关键环节，从基本功到高级的文学批评，从涉及文学阅读的简单的“人之常情”到复杂的文学解读类论文，几乎面面俱到，是一本关乎人文训练的有效指南。书中配有练习，每章后面都有“关于……的清单”，清清楚楚地确立了一系列行之有效的步骤和规则，并且提供了大量范例。本书可用于英语文学写作课，提供系统的人文训练，以期让学生的思想和语言变得更加规范、正确、成熟、有力。

书籍目录

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE: Interpreting Literature1 Strategies for Interpreting LiteratureWhy Do People Read Literature?What Is Interpretation?How Do We Interpret?Checklist for Interpreting LiteratureWork Cited2 What Is Literature?Literature Is LanguageLiterature Is FictionalWaltWhitman, Cavalry Crossing a FordLiterature Is TrueHenry Howard, Earl of Surrey, My Friend, the Things that Do AttainLiterature Is AestheticLiterature Is IntertextualChecklist for the Elements of LiteratureWorks Cited3 Interpreting FictionThe Elements of FictionThemePoint of ViewMary Robison, YoursPlotCharacterizationSettingIronySymbolismOther ElementsChecklist for Interpreting FictionWorks Cited4 Interpreting DramaThe Nature of DramaThe Elements of DramaPlotCharacterizationSettingThemeIronySubgenresChecklist for Interpreting DramaWorks Cited and Consulted5 Interpreting PoetryWhat Is Poetry?Emily Bront~, The Night Is Darkening Round MeSense in Poetry: Elements that Convey MeaningGetting Started: Reading a Poem the First TimeDictionWilliam Wordsworth, A Slumber Did My Spirit Sea]SyntaxLouise Bogan, Song for a LyreCharacterization, Point of View, Plot, and SettingJane Kenyon, In the Nursing HomeMatthew Arnold, Dover BeachRobert Browning, My Last DuchessImagery: Descriptive LanguageImagery: Figurative LanguageSamuel Daniel, Love Is a SicknessThomas Campion, There Is a Garden in Her FaceSymbolismWilliam Blake, The Sick RoseThe Sound of Poetry: Musical ElementsRhythmWilliam Shakespeare, Sonnet 129Word SoundsEdgar Allan Poe, To HelenStructureWilliam Shakespeare, Sonnet 116Edna St. Vincent Millay, I, Being Born aWomanAnonymous, The Daemon LoverEmily Dickinson, Because I Could Not Stop for DeadMatsuo Basho, haikuTaniguchi Buson, haikuKobayashi Issa, haikuPsalm 23Ezra Pound, XeniaAmy Lowell, Road to theYoshiwaraLangston Hughes, VagabondsElizabeth Bishop, One ArtSight: The Visual Qualifies of PoetryGeorge Herbert, EasterWingse. e. cummings, l(aGwendolyn Brooks, We Real CoolChecklist for Interpreting PoetryWorks Cited6 Specialized Approaches to Interpreting LiteratureLiterary Criticism and TheoryPlaces for InterpretationThe WorkNew CriticismStructuralismDeconstructionArchetypal CriticismThe AuthorHistorical and Biographical CriticismNew Historicist CriticismThe ReaderReader-Response CriticismAll of RealityMarxist CriticismPsychological CriticismFeminist and Gender CriticismWorks CitedPART TWO: Writing about Literature7 Writing about LiteratureWhyWrite about Literature?How CanYou Write about Literature?The Writing Process8 Choosing TopicsPreliminary StepsBe an Active ReaderIdentify Your AudienceRaise Questions about the WorkNarrow Your TopicSearch StrategiesFocus on the Works Conventions (Its Formal Qualities)UseTopoi (Traditional Patterns of Thinking)Respond to Comments by CriticsDraw fromYour Own KnowledgeTalking andWriting StrategiesTalk Out LoudMake OutlinesFreewriteBrainstormMake NotesKeep a JournalSample Essay about LiteratureMichelle Henderson, "Paradise Rejected in Homers Odyssey"Comments on the EssayChecklist for ChoosingTopicsWorks Cited9 Drafting the EssayThe Argumentative Nature of Interpretive EssaysThe Structure of Essays about LiteratureThe Argumentative StructureThe Rhetorical StructureGuidelines forWriting First DraftsKeep in Mind the Needs of Your AudienceAvoid Extreme Subjectivity (Overuse of"I")Draw Up a Rough OutlineBegin WritingUse Sound Deductive ReasoningSupport Key Claims with FactsUse Sound Inductive ReasoningDefine Key TermsOrganize Evidence According to a Coherent PlanMake Comparisons Complete and Easy to FollowChecklist for Drafting the EssayWorks Cited10 Revising and EditingRevise Throughout the Writing ProcessRevise for the Final DraftWrite a Clear and Readable Prose StyleHave Other People Read and Respond toYour DraftEdit the Final DraftRules of UsageCitations of SourcesQuotationsOther Rules of Usage Related to Essays about LiteraturePhysical FormatSample Essay inTwo DraftsRobert Frost, The Death of the Hired ManEarly DraftComments on the Early DraftFinal DraftJennifer Hargrove, "A Comparison of Mary andWarrenin Robert Frosts The Death of the Hired Man"Comments on the Final DraftChecklist for Revising and EditingWorks Cited11 Documentation and ResearchPrimary SourcesSecondary SourcesResearch Papers and the Use of Secondary SourcesHow to Find Information and Opinions about LiteratureI. Library Catalogs and StacksII. Library Reference RoomIII. Library Periodicals Room and StacksIV. Information and Opinion on the InternetEvaluating the Quality of Internet SitesGiving Credit to SourcesWhy ShouldYou Give Credit?When ShouldYou Give Credit?Where ShouldYou Give Credit?Correct Documentary FormGuidelines for Parenthetical CitationsGuidelines for Using Footnotes and EndnotesGuidelines and Form for the Works Cited List:General RulesSample Entries for BooksSample Entry for Articles in Scholarly JournalsSample Entries for Articles in Popular PublicationsSample Entries for Computer DatabasesSample Entries for Other Nonprint SourcesFrequently Used AbbreviationsSample Research PaperHarold Wright, "The Monsters Education in MaryShelleys Frankenstein"Comments on the Research PaperChecklist for Documentation and Research12 Taking EssayTestsGuidelines for Taking EssayTestsSample Test EssaysEssay 1Comments on Essay 1Essay 2Comments on Essay 2Essay 3Comments on Essay 3Checklist for Taking Essay Tests13 Sample EssaysEssay on a PoemEdwin Arlington Robinson, Richard CoryGeorge Cannon, "Point of View in Edwin Arlington Robinsons Richard Cory"Essay on a Short StoryEdgar Allan Poe, The Cask of AmontiUadoBlake Long, "Montresors Fate in Edgar Allan PoesThe Cask of Amontillado"Essay on a PlaySusan Glaspell, TriflesCarolyn Briner, "The Meaning of Physical Objects in Susan Glaspells Trifles"Essay on a NovelShalita Forrest, "First Love, Lost Love in GeorgeEliots Adam Bede"GlossaryCreditsIndex of Concepts and TermsIndex of Critics, Authors, and Works

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　　《文学解读和论文写作：指南与范例》(第7版)可用于英语文学写作课，提供系统的人文训练，以期让学生的思想和语言变得更加规范、正确、成熟、有力。