Journeys Through American LiteratureUniversity of Michigan Press, 2000 - 232 Seiten Journeys through American Literature, a more modern version of the classic text Journeys through Literature, introduces students to the best of nineteenth- and twentieth- century American literature while enhancing their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. A section from The House on Mango Street has been added to this edition. Chapters include an overview of the literary period and genre, biographical sketches of the author, and descriptions of the literary period or tradition to which the author belongs. Exercises and activities improve language skills and critical-thinking skills, with the focus on the student's response to the reading. Overall, the text provides a framework for the interpretation of prose and poetry and emphasizes collaborative learning so that students become more independent, critical thinkers. |
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... writing assignments , group work , and a chapter synthesis . This book implements the theory that reading and writing are interrelated skills that should not be separated , so students are given opportunities to write before and after ...
... writing assignments , group work , and a chapter synthesis . This book implements the theory that reading and writing are interrelated skills that should not be separated , so students are given opportunities to write before and after ...
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... writing without rhyme or meter . It includes narrative writing of any kind , such as novels , short stories , plays , and satires . Poetry may be defined as an attempt to capture emotions and ideas in a concentrated written form that is ...
... writing without rhyme or meter . It includes narrative writing of any kind , such as novels , short stories , plays , and satires . Poetry may be defined as an attempt to capture emotions and ideas in a concentrated written form that is ...
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... writing for over thirty years about the Kiowa myths that his grand- mother taught him when he was a child . Momaday is not only a writer of both poetry and prose but also an artist and a storyteller . In his novels , essays , and poems ...
... writing for over thirty years about the Kiowa myths that his grand- mother taught him when he was a child . Momaday is not only a writer of both poetry and prose but also an artist and a storyteller . In his novels , essays , and poems ...
Inhalt
Romanticism | 111 |
The Novel | 141 |
Diversity | 177 |
Urheberrecht | |
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