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Description
This free custom textbook includes openly-licensed and public domain works for the University of Northern Iowa course ENGLISH 2120: Critical Writing about Literature. It introduces readers to the knowledge and skills necessary to critically read, interpret, and analyze literature. The editor--Dr. Erika L. Bass--chose these readings to orient readers to important concepts and literature genres, as well as develop writing skills. While these chapters were chosen from other OER textbooks, I took care in selecting the chapters that are relevant to course objectives and will help students transfer skills from one class to the next, regardless of major. -- Provided by the publisher
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1-2024
Publisher
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Disciplines
Language and Literacy Education
Object Description
1 PDF File
Copyright
This book consists of materials that are under several different Creative Commons Licenses, the most restrictive being CC BY-NC 4.0. For more information, see the Licensing and Accessibility Statements.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Bass, Erika L., "Critical Writing About Literature" (2024). Faculty Book Gallery. 623.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/623
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