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QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation Why Literary criticism? Literary criticism is the act of interpreting literature. Authors present us with work that can have multiple meanings, expecting us to consider thoughtfully--to interpret. Writers and critics build on each other’s understanding of a work of literature in a kind of dialog. Noted authors often have a body of criticism attached to their work. Critics evaluate and debate the ideas of fellow critics. Good criticism can help us develop a better understanding of a work. It can help us develop a point of view about a work, whether or not we agree with the opinions of the critic. As you work with literary criticism in your writing it is important that you incorporate your own reactions and points of view. Treat your Author / Poet and his/ her works as a subject and or genre and not just as a keyword. This is the best reason to use the online databases and web catalogs. Works Cited USE The Bibliography as a tool for research Use what’s already given to you – See Sample below Literary Criticism: Bibliographies, Monographs, and Collections by Clarice Stasz, Ph.D. http://london.sonoma.edu/Essays/criticism.ht ml NoodleTools Bibliography, Parenthetical Citations and e- Notecards. Each student or library patron must create a "personal folder" by clicking the "Create a Personal ID" QVHS Library ePage – Bibliographies Citations and Annotations Page 1 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation PLAN 6 Steps for Research and Analysis Task Definition What are some of the topics or questions I need to answer? Comprehension or task completion Information Seeking Strategy What are the best sources of information for this task and do they allow critical thinking and new knowledge? Using a bibliography as a research tool Location and access Where can I find the information in the source? Identify major concepts you want to learn from reading Use of information What information from the source is most useful and how will I apply knowledge to a new situation? Determine ways the concepts might support or challenge Synthesis How should I share the information and knowledge from multiple sources in an ethical way? Create four to six statements that support or challenge you Evaluation and reflection How will my criticism be judged for its effectiveness and efficiency? Ask others to react to your statements Discuss your analysis with others Have others read your work with the purpose of finding evidence Confirm your original and new knowledge Lead an intellectual discussion Page 2 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation Locate, Access and Use Information Search Portals / Engines IPL2 Poetry PathFinder Poetry Portal Poetry Foundation Academy of American Poets Library of Congress Poetry Resources Wikispaces.com Great resource to find what other researchers have published on a poet. BE SURE TO CHECK THE CREDIBILITY OF THE sources National Public Radio Page 3 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation Locate, Access and Use Information Subscription Databases, e-Books and Web Catalogs: GALE Literature Resource Center Click Here Home User Id: Leet30946 Password: quaker Or Go to: QVHS Library Resource Page Net Library – best online eBook Resource (part of Power Library) Note: In order to access POWER LIBRARY at home, you will need your public library card number. QVHS Library and Web Search tools Quaker Valley HS Web Catalog http://qvfollett.qvsd.org/ For books in our library and Web Sites Click this link and complete your own search or check out the list of books on the following pages that may help you. Remember SUBJECT searching is the key Page 4 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation Finding Print and “quality” electronic resources: Libraries and Web Catalogs SEWICKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY http://www.einetwork.net/ein/sewickley/ Search “The Catalog” which is part of the Carnegie Library system. Have books ordered online for delivery at Sewickley Public or print out the bib record and let us do the work for you. Sewickley Academy Hansen Library http://library.sewickley.org/ See what resources they have and we’ll have them delivered to QVHS for you. Virtual Online Help 24/7 http://www.askherepa.org/ Let these trained professional help you do the work. Not only can they help you find good quality sources but the also help you with any intriguing or plaguing questions Literary and Poetry Criticism on the free Web Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/div/searchresults/?words=Literary+criticism&where=all Vanderbilt University Literary Index http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/LitIndex.html Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org Glossary of Poetic Terms http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/poetterm.cfm http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903237.html Electronic Poetry Center http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/ Page 5 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation Modern American Poetry: A Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/ Modern & Contemporary American Poetry http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/home.html Online News Hour: Poems http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/poems/poems.html Poetry Archives: http://www.emule.com/poetry/ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/6006/poets/index.htm Poetry Portal http://www.poetry-portal.com/ Poetry Previews http://www.poetrypreviews.com/ Poet's Corner http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/poets/index.htm Sonnet Central http://www.sonnets.org/ United States of Poetry http://www.worldofpoetry.org/usop/index.htm World of Poetry http://www.worldofpoetry.org/ Available in QVHS Library BOOKS QVHS Literature and Poetry Analysis / Critical Interpretation LITERATURE – REFERENCE / NON-FICTION REF 809 MAJ Major 20th Century Writers A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors REF 810.9 GRE Great American Writers Twentieth Century REF 810.9 MAG Magill’s Survey of American Literature Page 6 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation REF 810.9 WRI Writers for Young Adults REF 810.9 TWE The Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism/ TwentiethCentury American Literature, General Editor, Harold Bloom REF 810.9 AME American Writers, A Collection of Literary Biographies REF 810.9 MAS Masterpieces of African-American literature edited by Frank N. Magill. REF 821.08 UNT Modern American Poetry Modern British Poetry Untermeyer, Louis REF 808.81 HAZ Granger’s Index to Poetry, 1970-1977 Granger, Edith REF 808.81 GRA The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry Hazen, Edith P. REF 809.1 MAG Masterplots. Poetry series: 141 essay-reviews of the world’s Finest Poetry, Magill, Frank GENERAL NON-FICTION LITERATURE 813.53 BLO Comprehensive Research and Study/ Guide Bloom’s Major ShortStoryWriters, J.D. Salinger, Edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom 823.91 REA The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to Contemporary Authors/Readings on J. K. Rowling 813.54 REA The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to Contemporary Authors/Readings on John Grisham 813.54 REA The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to Contemporary Authors/Readings on Stephen King 810.9 OXF The Oxford Book of Women’s Writing in the United States 810.9 MOD Modern American Women Writers 813 REA The Greenhaven Press, Literary Companion to American Literature Readings on A Separate Peace 813.009 AME American Women Fiction Writers 1900-1960/ Edited by Harold Bloom Page 7 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation 813.3 REA The Greenhaven Press, Literary Companion to American Literature Readings on The Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 813 HOF Twayne’s United States Authors Series, William Faulkner 818.50 BLA Writers of English: Lives and Works Black American Prose Writers, Before the Harlem Renaissance, Edited by Harold Bloom 818.5 JAM Modern Critical Views, James Baldwin / Edited by Harold Bloom 830.9 BLA Black American women poets and dramatists edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. 810.9 ASI Asian-American women writers edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. 810.9 CON Contemporary Black American poets and dramatists edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. 810.9 MAJ Major modern black American writers edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. 810.9 BLA Black American poets and dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance , edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. 810.9 WOM Women writers of children's literature edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. 810.9 MOD Modern American women writers edited by Elaine Showalter, Lea Baechler, 813.52 CRI Critical essays on Zora Neale Hurston edited by Gloria L. Cronin. 810.9 SNO Encyclopedia of southern literature Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. 809 POE The Poetry of Black America: Anthology of the 20th Century Adoff, Arnold 811.09 GIB Modern Black Poets; A Collection of Critical Essays Gibson, Donald 811.60 HEA Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, edited by Jan Greenberg 808.81 POE Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology Page 8 QVHS Poetry Analysis Critical Interpretation Edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz 811.5 TWE Twentieth-Century American Poetry Edited by Dana Gioia, David Mason, Meg Schoerke 811.08 UNT An Anthology of the New England Poets from Colonial Times to the Present Day, Untermeyer, Louis 811.08 STE Poems of American History Stevenson, Burton Egbert 897 AST American Indian Prose and Poetry Astrov, Margot Luise Therese This Poetry Reference Information PathFinder was compiled with permission to use web links from the following school libraries: Springfield Township High School Library, Joyce Valenza http://mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/ Esther and Sol Smith Family Library, Milken Community High School Library http://www.mchschool.org/library/pathfinders.htm Page 9
