Retellings: A Thematic Literature Anthology / Edition 1

by Arlene Clarke, Marlene B. Clarke

Overview

This four-genre, thematically-arranged collection groups together selections that retell the same story or events: three interpretations of Cinderella from Walt Disney, The Brothers Grimm, and a Chinese folktale, for example, or the myth of Oedipus as told by Sophocles, Rita Dove, Randall Jarrell, amd Sigmund Freud. Retellings includes many frequently taught works of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as visual texts, and offers a complete introduction to reading, interpreting, and writing about literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072414691
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	08/18/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1584
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the InstructorPreface to the Student: Every Story Tells a Story that Has Already Been Told PART I. READING LITERATURE: THE BIG PICTURE CHAPTER 1. TELLING AND RETELLING STORIES READING AND INTERPRETATION The Influence of Culture: Three Tellings of "Cinderella" Disney, "Cinderella" Grimm, "Cinderella" Chinese story of Cinderella, "Yeh-hsien" The Influence of Time The Importance of Perspective Riddling: Multiple Perspectives Atwood, "you fit into me" Plath, "Metaphors" (exercise) Parody: Arnold's "Dover Beach" and Hecht's "The Dover Bitch" READING CRITICALLY AND THINKING CRITICALLY: WHAT VERSUS HOW AND WHY Atwood, "Happy Endings" CHAPTER 2. READING ACROSS GENRES: THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE TELLING THE TALE: THE ROLE OF THE SPEAKER Browning, "Porphyria's Lover" GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE: CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION Silko, "Yellow Woman" TIME AND PLACE: LOOKING AT SETTING The Physical Setting Glaspell, Trifles The Temporal Setting Retelling Time and Place (and more...)