Writing about Prose Fiction: A Guide for the Student Critic - Softcover

Garrett-Petts, W.F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155111254X ISBN 13: 9781551112541

Publisher: Broadview Press, 1999

Synopsis

Combining advice on writing about literature with a range of critical essays, this volume seeks to introduce the student to some of the conventions of English studies and presents the skills in critical writing as a key part of the discipline.'

About this title

About the Author

W.F. Garrett-Petts is Associate Professor of English at the University College of the Cariboo, where he teaches literature, rhetoric and composition, and critical theory. He has published widely on reading theory, contemporary literature, composition, and interdisciplinary practices.

From the Back Cover

Writing about Literature is the first undergraduate text to integrate recent genre theory and a "writing in the disciplines" approach to the teaching of critical writing. While encouraging students to develop and value their own interpretations, the text helps undergraduates understand the rhetorical and institutional conventions of critical writing. A cross between a rhetoric and a casebook, Writing about Literature provides clear, practical advice and accessible models for writing critical essays on literature on prose fiction in particular. This book offers students an insider's guide to the language, issues, approaches, styles, assumptions, and traditions that inform the writing of successful critical essays.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155111254X
• ISBN 13: 9781551112541
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160