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DOING CLOSE READING
ACTIVITIES, ANTHOLOGY, ANALYSIS |
| By: |
English & Media Centre |
| Format: |
Mixed media product |
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£80.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1906101302 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781906101305 |
| Publisher: |
ENGLISH & MEDIA CENTRE |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2014 |
| Edition: |
2 Mixed media products |
| Series: |
EMC Advanced Literature Resource |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
This publication seeks to provide advanced level English Literature students with: - an understanding of what close reading is - models of good close reading - a set of practices and a methodology that they can confidently use - an anthology of texts. |
| Synopsis: |
Doing Close Reading - Activities, Anthology, Analysis includes extracts from prose fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, ranging from the canonical to the contemporary, and from the very well known to the more unusual. All have been chosen as offering students the chance to read and analyse texts which are interesting generically and stylistically, providing an opportunity for students to develop their skills of close analysis. Includes 20 approaches for developing the skills of close reading, ranging from close stylistic analysis to re-creative writing; 58 texts (prose fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction) from Sir Philip Sidney to Billy Collins, Shakespeare to Sam Shepard, Jane Austen to Hilary Mantel and Mary Wollstonecraft to Alan Clark; 20 close readings by academics, critics, writers - and the winning entries from the emag close reading competition. The writers contributing a close reading also gave their thoughts on what good close reading is and reflected on the process they undertook. The publication is 176 pages wirobound for photocopying + CD with the full publication and texts only in PDF format for printing or showing on a whiteboard.The CD will also include an A5 printable anthology of the texts to allow students to range across the collection, as required by some of the activities. |
| No. of pieces |
2 |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
English & Media Centre |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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