Group Exercise (Course Requirement)

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Schools of Literary Criticism

Group Exercise (Course Requirement)

LIT 201- 200

Professor Sarah L. Dye

15 March 2008

SCHOOLS OF LITERARY CRITICISM

LIT 201-200Sarah L. Dye

Contents of this packet:

• Exercise Directions
• Short Stories Assignments
• “Literary Criticism: On-line Resources”

• See also PowerPoint presentation on Literary Criticism on our class website

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See also RLRC page on ECC’s Home Page

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• THE Worksheet to be completed byeach student

DIRECTIONS:

The class will be divided randomly into groups. Each group will be assigned two of the short stories we have read already in the course. This is an individual exercise though it is okay if students wish to work with one another; nevertheless, they will each submit the two required forms for this exercise. First, examine the handout materials contained in this packet and learn about the thirteen schools of literary criticism. Second, review the assigned short stories and determine a minimum of two literary criticism schools or approaches which could be used to analyze each of the stories. Third, go to the Renner Learning Resource Center and find at least one resource (book, journal article, magazine article, CD-Rom reference source, Internet source, audio visual source, etc.) for each literary criticism approach which could be used in analyzing the stories by those two methods.

Your Preparation Plan for this Exercise

Beginning of class

Receive Literary Criticism assignments

Study and READ material in this packet. You will need access to acomputer and the Internet, either in the library or in one of the on-campus computers labs (ICT 125) to find and study the recommended web sites onliterary criticism.

Determine two literary approaches which could be used for each short story assigned to you.

Go to RLRC to find two resources to support theapproaches. These must be specifically applicable to the assigned stories, by the way. (List the sources in correct MLA format.)

Present the 2worksheet pages required for this LITCRIT exercise at

9:00 PM tonight

SHORT STORY ASSIGNMENTS:

Choose any two of the stories in your group assignment (see below) to use for this LITCRIT exercise.

Group 1

_____ Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” p.37

_____ Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” p. 75

_____ Cather, “Paul’s Case,” p. 117

Group 2

_____ Hurston, “Sweat,” p. 355

_____ Lawrence, “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” p. 493

_____ Mason, “Shiloh,” p. 511

Group 3

_____ Silko, “Yellow Woman,” p. 722

_____ Tan, “Two Kinds,” p. 731

_____ Updike, “A & P,” p. 783

Other LITERARY CRITICISM On-line Resources

***Literary Criticism: An Overview of Approaches

prepared by Skylar Hamilton Burris

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*** START HERE: This is the best site for an explanations of the various schools of literary criticism!

Online Literary Criticism Collection

The Internet Public Library's enormous database of literary criticism.

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Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

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Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides

800+ texts of classic literature, drama, and poetry together with detailed literature study guides. Large reference book and non-fiction section.

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Luminarium.org

One of the finest collections of classical literary criticism on the Internet (1350 to 1660 A.D.)

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NovelGuide - Novel Resource Guide and Literary Analysis

Novel resource guide and literary analysis search tool, information and facts on classic and contemporary literature. Links to order books.

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Literary Criticism - LibrarySpot.com

Explore literary criticism online.

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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000.

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BookSpot.com:Book reviews, book awards, poetry, literary criticism,

Authors Publishers Literary Crit. Discussion Grps. Book Assns. Book Events

Book Facts Book News for Writers Literacy...

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Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory

A directory of links to literary criticism and analysis on the Internet, mostly scholarly.

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NOTE: It is possible that some links may be broken and will not work.

OTHER SOURCES FORLITERARY CRITICISM FOR THE LIT CRITEXERCISES

(Follow the links contained on this site for examples of the kinds of materials you may be able to locate to support the various schools of literary criticism with which you are working this evening.)

Internet Public Library

Special CollectionsLiterary Criticism

Dino Felluga’s Introductory Guide to Critical Theory website

Warren Hedges’ Timeline of Major Critical Theory in the US

SCHOOLS OF LITERARY CRITICISM

WORKSHEET

DRAFT COPY (1st short story)

Your Name:

Title of the short story: ______

Author of the short story: ______

Identify the first school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approach (specific article if periodical or reference book):

Identify the second school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approachb(specific article if periodical or reference book):

SCHOOLS OF LITERARY CRITICISM

WORKSHEET

DRAFT COPY (2nd short story)

Your Name:

Title of the short story: ______

Author of the short story: ______

Identify the first school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approach (specific article if periodical or reference book):

Identify the second school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approachb(specific article if periodical or reference book):

SCHOOLS OF LITERARY CRITICISM

WORKSHEET (1st short story)

LIT 201-200Sarah L. Dye

Your Name:

Title of the short story: ______

Author of the short story: ______

Identify the first school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approach (specific article if periodical or reference book):

Identify the second school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approach (specific article if periodical or reference book):

SCHOOLS OF LITERARY CRITICISM

WORKSHEET (2nd short story)

LIT 201-2100Sarah L. Dye

Your Name:

Title of the short story: ______

Author of the short story: ______

Identify the first school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approach (specific article if periodical or reference book):

Identify the second school/approach which could be used:

Explain briefly why this approach would be appropriate:

Give a MLA bibliographical citation for one RLRC resource which could be used with this approach (specific article if periodical or reference book):