Writing about Literature: Interpretation through Exposition.

Scriven, Karen

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Publication Date: 1989

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Writing about Literature: Interpretation through Exposition.

Scriven, Karen

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v16 n4 p280-83 Dec 1989

Outlines a series of summary-writing assignments which focus on differences between expository and literary texts, and provide unusual opportunities for students to develop their response to literature. Maintains that such summaries increase students' facility as perceptive readers and insightful writers. (SR)

Descriptors: College English, Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Literature Appreciation, Postsecondary Education, Reader Response, Reading Writing Relationship, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction

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Language: English

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