Steven Lynn

Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature presents a user-friendly introduction to contemporary critical theories--from new criticism to cultural studies--as part of the practice of analyzing and writing about literature. Some of the changes to the new edition include enhanced coverage of film and other genres reflecting the growing interest in film as an academic field and engaging students. New sample texts and projects, all classroom-tested, appear at the end of every theory chapter, along with guiding questions to offer more practice for students in applying critical theory to literary texts. There is more on current approaches to literature, including the relationship between rhetoric and reader-response criticism, Marxism, postcolonialism, queer theory, feminist theory, and African-American studies.

Writing about Literature with Critical Theory

Texts and Contexts

Steven Lynn's ground breaking Literature: Reading and Writing with Critical Strategies energizes literary study by demonstrating, step by step, how to use critical approaches to engage literary texts and evolve critical arguments. Plentiful examples demonstrate the process of thinking and writing about literature progressing from a blank page to an insightful response and, ultimately, to a final essay using a variety of critical theories as invention strategies. A richly diverse selection of classical and contemporary works short stories, poems, and plays is included.

Reading and Writing with Critical Strategies

Literature

An accessible introduction to teaching and studying rhetoric and composition.

An Introduction

Rhetoric and Composition

Ian Scott

David Acker

David Giltinan

Nathan Harrington

Steve Askins

Moses Norton

Kelsy Polnik

Cristal Wright

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Thomas Keymer

Robert DeMaria

Brian Friel

Philip Davis

Philip Smallwood

Paul J. Korshin

Catherine Neal Parke

Robert Folkenflik

Clement Hawes

Howard David Weinbrot

Eithne Henson

Fred Parker

Michael Felix Suarez

John Wilshire

This Companion, first published in 1997, provides an introduction to the works and life of one of the key figures in English literary history.

The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson

Rhetoric and composition is an academic discipline that informs all other fields in teaching students how to communicate their ideas and construct their arguments. It has grown dramatically to become a cornerstone of many undergraduate courses and curricula, and it is a particularly dynamic field for scholarly research. This book offers an accessible introduction to teaching and studying rhetoric and composition. By combining the history of rhetoric, explorations of its underlying theories, and a survey of current research (with practical examples and advice), Steven Lynn offers a solid foundation for further study in the field. Readers will find useful information on how students have been taught to invent and organize materials, to express themselves correctly and effectively, and how the ancient study of memory and delivery illuminates discourse and pedagogy today. This concise book thus provides a starting point for learning about the discipline that engages writing, thinking, and argument.

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