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Index
Cover
How to Study Literature
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Note to Teachers
Literary Theory: A Primer
CHAPTER 1 Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Poetics
An Introduction to Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Poetics
Exercise 1.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 1.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “The Moose” and “At the Fishhouses”
Exercise 1.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 1.4 Alice Munro, “Royal Beatings” and “Wild Swans”
Exercise 1.5 The Wachowskis, The Matrix
CHAPTER 2 Structuralism, Linguistics, Narratology
An Introduction to Structuralism
Exercise 2.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 2.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “The Map”
Exercise 2.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 2.4 Alice Munro, “The Progress of Love”
Exercise 2.5 John Ford, The Searchers
CHAPTER 3 Phenomenology, Reception, Ethics
An Introduction to Phenomenology, Reception, Ethics
Exercise 3.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 3.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “The Fish”
Exercise 3.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 3.4 Alice Munro, “Material”
Exercise 3.5 Paul Gilroy, Michael Clayton
CHAPTER 4 Post-Structuralism
An Introduction to Post-Structuralism
Exercise 4.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 4.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance”
Exercise 4.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 4.4 Alice Munro, “Differently”
Exercise 4.5 Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds and Tom Tykwer, Run, Lola, Run
CHAPTER 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychology
An Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Psychology
Exercise 5.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 5.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “Sestina” and “In the Village”
Exercise 5.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 5.4 Alice Munro, “Meneseteung”
Exercise 5.5 David Lynch, Blue Velvet
CHAPTER 6 Marxism and Critical Theory
An Introduction to Marxism and Critical Theory
Exercise 6.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 6.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “A Miracle for Breakfast”
Exercise 6.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 6.4 Alice Munro, “Hired Girl” and “The Beggar Maid”
Exercise 6.5 Mike Nichols, Working Girl and Stanley Kubrick, The Shining
CHAPTER 7 History
An Introduction to Historical Criticism
Exercise 7.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 7.2 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Exercise 7.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 7.4 Alice Munro, “Walker Brothers Cowboy”
Exercise 7.5 Elizabeth Bishop, “Twelve O’Clock News”
Exercise 7.6 Luis Puenzo, The Official Story and Susana Blaustein Munoz and Lourdes Portillo, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo
CHAPTER 8 Gender Studies
An Introduction to Gender Studies
Exercise 8.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 8.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “Roosters,” “In the Waiting Room,” and “Exchanging Hats”
Exercise 8.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 8.4 Alice Munro, “The Love of a Good Woman” and “Lichen”
Exercise 8.5 Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs and Jenny Livingstone, Paris Is Burning
CHAPTER 9 Ethnic Studies
An Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Exercise 9.1 Elizabeth Bishop, “Faustina, or Rock Roses”
Exercise 9.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 9.3 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Exercise 9.4 NWA, “The Nigga Ya Love To Hate”
Exercise 9.5 Joel Schumacher, Falling Down and Mathieu Kassovitz, Hate
CHAPTER 10 Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Transnational Studies
Introduction to Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Transnational Studies
Exercise 10.1 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Exercise 10.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “Brazil, January 1, 1502” and “The Burglar of Babylon”
Exercise 10.3 Alice Munro, “The Wilderness Station”
Exercise 10.4 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Exercise 10.5 Kieran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
Exercise 10.6 Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine
Exercise 10.7 Djbril Diop Mambéty, Hyenas and Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
CHAPTER 11 Cognition, Emotion, Evolution, Science
An Introduction to Cognition, Emotion, Evolution, Science
Exercise 11.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 11.2 Elizabeth Bishop, “In the Waiting Room,” “Crusoe in England,” and “One Art”
Exercise 11.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 11.4 Alice Munro, “Fits”
Exercise 11.5 Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love
CHAPTER 12 Animals, Humans, Places, Things
An Introduction to Animals, Humans, Places, Things
Exercise 12.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear
Exercise 12.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Exercise 12.3 Elizabeth Bishop, “The Fish” and “Pink Dog”
Exercise 12.4 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Exercise 12.5 Alice Munro, “Runaway” and “Vandals”
Exercise 12.6 Agnes Varda, Vagabond
APPENDIX Elizabeth Bishop, “In the Village”
Index
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