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Writing about literature : essay and translation skills for university students of English and foreign literature / Judith Woolf

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Routledge, London : 2005Description: xi, 172 pISBN:
  • 9780415314442 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820 W883
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Reading -- Texts and their contexts -- Critical reading -- Reading the critics -- 3. Research -- Looking things up -- Dictionaries -- Biblical references -- Classical references -- Oral literature -- General knowledge -- Trusting the author -- Libraries and librarians -- Searching on-line -- Using Google -- Serendipity -- 4. Essay topics -- Choosing your own topic -- Set topics and exam questions -- The desert island essay -- 5. Structure -- Notes and drafts -- Arguing a case -- 6. Writing -- Style -- Words, plain and lacy -- Jargon and theory-speak -- Slips and solecisms -- Mixing your metaphors -- How to quote -- How not to give offence -- Titles -- Naming your author -- Making yourself clear -- 7. Some common bad advice -- 'Tell the examiners what they want to know' -- 'Quote sparingly' -- 'Never say I' -- 'An essay should have a beginning, a middle and an end' -- 8. Spelling, punctuation and grammar -- Spelling -- Dealing with dyslexia -- Punctuation and syntax -- Grammar -- 9. Foreign languages and literature -- Languages without Mr Casaubon -- Real-life language learning -- Vocabulary and grammar -- The translator's craft -- Preparing for translation exams -- 10. Referencing -- Due acknowledgement -- Footnotes and bibliographies -- 11. Presentation -- Studying your academic reader -- All about layout -- Proof-reading -- Safety in cyberspace -- Holding it all together -- Handwriting in closed exams -- 12. Will-power.
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1. Introduction --
2. Reading --
Texts and their contexts --
Critical reading --
Reading the critics --
3. Research --
Looking things up --
Dictionaries --
Biblical references --
Classical references --
Oral literature --
General knowledge --
Trusting the author --
Libraries and librarians --
Searching on-line --
Using Google --
Serendipity --
4. Essay topics --
Choosing your own topic --
Set topics and exam questions --
The desert island essay --
5. Structure --
Notes and drafts --
Arguing a case --
6. Writing --
Style --
Words, plain and lacy --
Jargon and theory-speak --
Slips and solecisms --
Mixing your metaphors --
How to quote --
How not to give offence --
Titles --
Naming your author --
Making yourself clear --
7. Some common bad advice --
'Tell the examiners what they want to know' --
'Quote sparingly' --
'Never say I' --
'An essay should have a beginning, a middle and an end' --
8. Spelling, punctuation and grammar --
Spelling --
Dealing with dyslexia --
Punctuation and syntax --
Grammar --
9. Foreign languages and literature --
Languages without Mr Casaubon --
Real-life language learning --
Vocabulary and grammar --
The translator's craft --
Preparing for translation exams --
10. Referencing --
Due acknowledgement --
Footnotes and bibliographies --
11. Presentation --
Studying your academic reader --
All about layout --
Proof-reading --
Safety in cyberspace --
Holding it all together --
Handwriting in closed exams --
12. Will-power.

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