{"id":105,"date":"2019-12-12T00:22:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T00:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-english102\/chapter\/introduction-to-writing-about-literature-american-literature-i\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:48:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:48:43","slug":"introduction-to-writing-about-literature-american-literature-i","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-english102\/chapter\/introduction-to-writing-about-literature-american-literature-i\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Writing About Literature","rendered":"Introduction to Writing About Literature"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"why-it-matters-5\" class=\"chapter standard\">\r\n<div class=\"ugc chapter-ugc\">\r\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\r\n<p class=\"bl_nonindent\">The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. \u2013\u00a0Oliver Wendell Holmes<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learning Outcomes<a><img class=\"alignright wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4984\/2019\/12\/12002247\/writing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a hand holding a pencil, writing on a piece of notebook paper\" width=\"231\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\">Find and use historical sources to discuss the historical context of a literary work<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\">Find and use literary criticism in your analysis of literary works<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\">Cite sources correctly using MLA format<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"nonindent p2\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"licensing\">\r\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div>\r\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\r\n \t<li>Writing About Literature. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning and SBCTC. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" rel=\"license\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div>\r\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\r\n \t<li>Image of writing. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Caleb Roenigk. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/brNqFE\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/brNqFE<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" rel=\"license\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"why-it-matters-5\" class=\"chapter standard\">\n<div class=\"ugc chapter-ugc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p class=\"bl_nonindent\">The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; 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