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- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/ENGL_3330%3A_Approaches_to_Literature_(McAbee)/12%3A_Writing_about_History_and_Culture_from_a_New_Historical_Perspective/12.02%3A_New_Historical_Criticism-_An_OverviewThe American history of the Vietnam war is a great example, for we continue to interpret and revise that history, and literature (including memoirs) is a key material product that influences that revi...The American history of the Vietnam war is a great example, for we continue to interpret and revise that history, and literature (including memoirs) is a key material product that influences that revision: think of Michael Herr’s Dispatches (1977); Philip Caputo’s A Rumor of War (1977); Bobbie Anne Mason’s In Country (1985); Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried (1990); Robert Olen Butler’s A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (1992); and, most recently, Karl Marlantes’s Matterhorn (2010).Micha…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/ENGL_3330%3A_Approaches_to_Literature_(McAbee)/06%3A_Writing_about_Form_-_Developing_the_Foundations_of_Close_ReadingLearning Objectives Understand the theory of New Criticism as the foundation for close reading. Apply the New Critical methodology to works of literature. Engage in the writing process of a peer write...Learning Objectives Understand the theory of New Criticism as the foundation for close reading. Apply the New Critical methodology to works of literature. Engage in the writing process of a peer writer, including peer review. Review and evaluate a variety of New Critical papers by peer writers. Draft and revise a New Critical paper on a literary work. Thumbnail: pixabay.com/vectors/edgar-allan-poe-american-author-34077/
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Diablo_Valley_College/Critical_Thinking_and_Literature_(Schmidt)/06%3A_Postcolonial_Racial_and_Ethnic_Theory_and_Reader_Response_Theory/6.03%3A__Literary_Snapshot-_Alices_Adventures_in_Wonderland“By eating the Owl!” The poem nudges the reader to complete the line by filling in the final ending to the poem: we know that the Panther will eat the Owl. Of course, a reader might complete the poem ...“By eating the Owl!” The poem nudges the reader to complete the line by filling in the final ending to the poem: we know that the Panther will eat the Owl. Of course, a reader might complete the poem by writing, “by throwing in the towel,” or “by picking up a trowel,” “by running down the hall,” or even “with an even greater howl.” In any case, you, as the reader, have activated the text.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/ENGL_3330%3A_Approaches_to_Literature_(McAbee)/10%3A_Writing_about_Racial_Ethnic_and_Cultural_Identity/10.01%3A_Literary_Snapshot-_Alices_Adventures_in_WonderlandBecause Alice believes that her rules and standards are universal and should be obvious to all the people she encounters in Wonderland, she can be seen as a symbol of the British Empire, which worked ...Because Alice believes that her rules and standards are universal and should be obvious to all the people she encounters in Wonderland, she can be seen as a symbol of the British Empire, which worked to impose British standards of education, manners, religion, and politics on the people whose countries they controlled. “Were Alice to lose her place as the arbiter of meaning,” Stratton claims, “she would lose her privileged position in Wonderland,” a place where “colonial Otherness threatens the…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/ENGL_3330%3A_Approaches_to_Literature_(McAbee)/07%3A_Writing_about_Character_and_Motivation_-_Psychoanalytic_Literary_Criticism/7.04%3A_Focus_on_Carl_Jung_(18751961)_-_The_Archetypal_Collective_UnconsciousnessSir James Frazer’s The Golden Bough (1890–1915), an anthropological compendium of cross-cultural myths, complements Jung’s theories of myth.Sir James Frazer, The Golden Bough (1922; Project Gutenberg,...Sir James Frazer’s The Golden Bough (1890–1915), an anthropological compendium of cross-cultural myths, complements Jung’s theories of myth.Sir James Frazer, The Golden Bough (1922; Project Gutenberg, 2003), http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3623. Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces(1949) positions Jung in his definition of the monomyth—the departure, initiation, and return of the hero who finds completeness and wholeness during the quest.Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Fa…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Chattahoochee_Technical_College/Light_Bulb%3A_Rhetoric_and_Composition/10%3A_Sample_Essays/10.02%3A_Narrative_EssayOur first assignment was to write a short response paper to the Albert Camus essay “The Myth of Sisyphus.” I was extremely nervous about the assignment as well as college. By giving me the space to ex...Our first assignment was to write a short response paper to the Albert Camus essay “The Myth of Sisyphus.” I was extremely nervous about the assignment as well as college. By giving me the space to express my own interpretation and to argue for my own values, my philosophy class taught me the importance of education for education’s sake.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Theory/Music_Theory_(LibreTexts)/03%3A_The_Foundations_Scale-Steps_and_Scales/3.05%3A_Other_Commonly_Used_ScalesFigure 3.30 compares the Whole Tone scale to the “Nearly” Whole Tone Hexachord and the Lydian-Dominant scale.Lydian-Dominant is only one label for this scale and is used here as a convenience only. Th...Figure 3.30 compares the Whole Tone scale to the “Nearly” Whole Tone Hexachord and the Lydian-Dominant scale.Lydian-Dominant is only one label for this scale and is used here as a convenience only. The Lydian-Mixolydian scale is so-named because the first tetrachord resembles the first tetrachord of the Lydian mode, and the second tetrachord resembles the second tetrachord of the Mixolydian mode.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Theory/Music_Theory_(LibreTexts)/01%3A_The_Elements_of_Rhythm-_Sound_Symbol_and_Time/1.05%3A_SummaryUnlike the Plastic Arts (painting, sculpture), music is not a temporally fixed entity: it exists in its own time, calculated by the progression of rhythm and meter across a compositionally predetermin...Unlike the Plastic Arts (painting, sculpture), music is not a temporally fixed entity: it exists in its own time, calculated by the progression of rhythm and meter across a compositionally predetermined time span. These skill-sets, in tandem with rhythm, will prepare the student for exploring first the grammar, then the syntax of the musical language.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Diablo_Valley_College/Critical_Thinking_and_Literature_(Schmidt)/02%3A_New_Criticism_Feminist_Theory_Gender_Criticism_and_Queer_Theory/2.01%3A_Literary_Snapshot_-_Through_the_Looking-GlassThere was a book lying near Alice on the table, and while she sat watching the White King (for she was still a little anxious about him, and had the ink all ready to throw over him, in case he fainted...There was a book lying near Alice on the table, and while she sat watching the White King (for she was still a little anxious about him, and had the ink all ready to throw over him, in case he fainted again), she turned over the leaves, to find some part that she could read, “—for it’s all in some language I don’t know,” she said to herself.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Composition/Introductory_Composition/Writing_for_Success_(McLean)/13%3A_APA_and_MLA_Documentation_and_Formatting/13.4%3A_Using_Modern_Language_Association_(MLA)_StyleThat said, sometimes a separate title page is necessary, but it is best both to know how to properly format a title block or page in MLA style and to ask your instructor if it is included as part of t...That said, sometimes a separate title page is necessary, but it is best both to know how to properly format a title block or page in MLA style and to ask your instructor if it is included as part of the assignment. After reviewing this section and exploring the resources linked at the end of the section (including California State University–Sacramento’s clear example of a paper in MLA format), please convert your paper to MLA style using the formatting and citation guidelines.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Composition/Introductory_Composition/Writing_for_Success_(McLean)/7%3A_Refining_Your_Writing_-_How_Do_I_Improve_My_Writing_TechniqueThumbnail: pixabay.com/photos/correctin...ction-1870721/
