How to Begin Studying English Literature

4th Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-50877-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2388 g

Reihe: Macmillan Study Skills

How to Begin Studying English Literature has established itself as one of the most successful and popular introductory student guides in the field. This fourth edition has been fully revised and expanded throughout, and now includes more examples and commentary on texts as well as a third essay-writing chapter, tackling critics and context.

This book shows the reader how to approach novels, plays and poems, featuring chapters on themes, characters, structure, style, irony and analysis. In addition, sections on revision, exams and further development of study skills make this book an invaluable companion for anyone beginning to study English literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marsh, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- 1. Finding a Theme.- 2. Looking at Characters.- 3. Structure and Setting.- 4. Style and Imagery.- 5. Irony.- 6. Writing an Essay I: Answering the Question.- 7. Writing an Essay II: How to Write Paragraphs.- 8. Writing an Essay III: The Critics and the Context.- 9. Exam Revision and Practice.- 10. Taking Study Further.- Further Reading.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Marsh was formerly a teacher of English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, UK. He is the author of many books, including titles on Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Blake, Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.