The English Handbook (PDF)

Preface. List of Abbreviations. PART I: Introduction. 1. What is English and What is Literature? "English" and "Literature": The Subject in Question. The Uses of Literature. Great Books and "Trash": The Canon Wars. Literary History, Periods, and Movements: Four Approaches to the Past. Critical Interpretation and Analysis. Further Reading. Web Pages of Interest. PART II: Foundational Skills. 2. Reading English: From Opening a Book to Critical Analysis. Foundational Reading Strategies: Overview and Detail. Five Intensive Methods of Reading Literature. Further Reading. Web Pages of Interest. 3. Library Research and Scholarly Method. How to Find what You Need: Old and New Methods. Research Methods and Library Classification Systems. Printed Library Resources. Research on the Web. Evaluating What You Find. Plagiarism. Documenting Your Sources. Further Reading. Web Pages of Interest. 4. Writing in English Studies. Different Kinds of Assignments: Their Objectives and Audience. Kinds of Essays. Reading the Assignment. Establishing a Logical Position. Organizing Your Argument: Computer Drafts and Thesis Statement. Building Paragraphs and Arguments. Integrating Quotations. Revising for Content, Argument, and Style. Further Reading. Web Pages of Interest. PART III The Major Genres. 5. Drama. Plays, Drama, Theater, Performance: The Varieties. of Institutional Formation. Drama, Text, and Speech. The Theater and the Play: The Shape of the Stage and the History of Drama. Dramatic Action and Structure in Relation to Genre. Character Types and the Unities. Reading Plays. Further Reading. Web Pages of Interest. 6. Prose Fiction. Definitions: Novel, Fiction, Narrative, Metafiction. History and Origins. Reading Prose Fiction. Character, Setting, and Action in Prose Fiction. Bakhtin: Monophonic and Polyphonic Novels. Narratology: From Story to Narrative Discourse. Further Reading. Web Pages of Interest. 7. Poetry. The Elements of Poetry. Reading Poems: A Prelude to Critical Analysis.

William Whitla is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar in English and Humanities at York University in Toronto. He has published The Central Truth (on Robert Browning, 1963), Essays and Reviews (on Victorian literature and religion, with Victor Shea, 2000), and Foundations: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing (also with Victor Shea, 2001 and 2005).

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