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1 Defining Literature Literature, in its broadest sense, is any written work. Etymologically, the term derives from Latin litaritura/litteratura “writing formed with letters,” although some definitions include spoken or sung texts. More restrictively, it is writing that possesses literary merit. Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction or non-fiction and whether it is poetry or prose. It can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel, short story o

Chapters

• 1 Defining Literature
• 2 Literary Terms
• 3 How to Annotate a Text
• 4 Critical Approaches Chart
• Primary Navigation
• 11 Character Analysis
• 12 Close Reading
• 13 Symbolism Assignment
• 23 Poetry Literary Terms: A Guide
• 24 Free Verse
• 29 The Rough Guide to Literary Style, a Historical Overview
• 30 Theme
• 38 Modes of Exposition
• 49 The Nature of Analysis
• 50 How to Analyze a Novel
• 53 How to Analyze a Film
• 54 Finding Literary Criticism
• 55 Reader-Response Criticism
• 57 Introduction to Critical Theory
• 58 New Criticism
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• 62 Emily Dickinson, Poems Series One, 1890
• 64 Robert Frost, “Acquainted with the Night,” 1923
• 65 Robert Frost, “The Lockless Door,” 1920
• 66 Biography: Langston Hughes
• 68 Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again,” 1935
• 73 Theodore Roethke, “My Papa’s Waltz,” 1961
• 82 Omar Khayyam, “The Rubaiyat”
• 84 Anton Chekhov, “The Bear,” 1888
• 86 Anton Chekhov, “The Three Sisters,” 1900
• 91 Langston Hughes and Zora Hurston, “The Mule-Bone,” 1930
• 99 Ambrose Bierce, “The Middle Toe of the Right Foot,” 1890
• 100 Henry Cuyler Bunner, “The Nice People,” 1890
• 107 Philip K. Dick, “Beyond the Door,” 1954
• 109 Arthur Conan Doyle, “Scandal in Bohemia,” 1891
• 114 Kelly Link, “The Specialist’s Hat,” 1998
• 119 Mark Twain, “Eve’s Diary,” 1905
• 122 Seduction of the Innocent
• 127 Henry David Thoreau, “Walden,” 1854
• 129 Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, 1901

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