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Part3 Getting into Drama　CHAPTER 25 Profile of a Playwright-David lves 　Frolics ln lvesland 　Plot and Form 　Characterization and Theme 　Setting and Staging 　Readings 　 Sure Thing　 The Philadelphia 　 Talking Lit 　 David Ives,Preface to All in the Timing 　 Stephanie Coen，No Comparisons：An Interview with the Playwright 　 David Ives，Some Origins 1 044　 Student Essay 　 Adam Marchbein．From the Mind of David Ives 1 046

Part3 Getting into Drama　CHAPTER 25 Profile of a Playwright-David lves 　Frolics ln lvesland 　Plot and Form 　Characterization and Theme 　Setting and Staging 　Readings 　 Sure Thing　 The Philadelphia 　 Talking Lit 　 David Ives,Preface to All in the Timing 　 Stephanie Coen，No Comparisons：An Interview with the Playwright 　 David Ives，Some Origins 1 044　 Student Essay 　 Adam Marchbein．From the Mind of David Ives 1 046 　Questions to Ask about Drama　CHAPTER 26 Plot and Form 　 The lmportance of PIot 　The Shape of a ConventionaI Plot 　 Individualizing the Structure of Plot 　Conflict in the Dramatic Plot 　 A Final Note on Plot and Conflict 　 Readings　 Wiliam Shakespeare,Othello,the Moor of Venice 　August Wilson,Fences　 Talking Lit 　Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio,from Gli Hecatommithi 　David Savran,An Interview with August Wilson 　Student Essay　CHAPTER 27 Characterization and Theme　 Characterization in Drama　 What is Modern Drama？　 How Theme is Revealed　 Other Aspects of Characterization　 Reading　 Henrik Ibsen,A Doll’s House　 Talking Lit　 Halvdan Koht,from“Women and Society：A Doll’s House”　 Frederick J．Marker and Lise—Lone Marker，“One Nora，Many Noras,”　 from Ibsen’s Lively Art 　 J0hn Galsworthy,“Some Platitudes Concerning Drama”，from 　　The Innof Tranquility　 Student Essay 　 Jacqueline DeRosa，A Lark Flies：Understanding 　Nora’s Decision to Leave a Doll House　CHAPTER 28 Setting and Staging 　Physical Setting 　 HistoricaI Setting 　 SociaI Setting 　 Staging--Realistic and Fantastic 　 Reading 　　 Arthur Miller,Death of a Salesman 　Talking Lit　CHAPTER 29 Myth and Drama　CHAPTER 30 Cutting Edges：Grassroots Theater　CHAPTER 31 A Bookshelf of PlaysPart 4 Getting into Writing and Research　CHAPTER 32 Talking and Writing about lit　CHAPTER 33 Sources for Researching Lit　CHAPTER 34 Access to Lit Crit：Pathways to Interpretation

With 53 stories，314 poems，and 12 plays，Access Literature is designed to provide students witha g rounding in the traditional canon that is a vital part of our literary heritage，while at the same time presenting the diverse voices that are an essential part of our cultural record and an exciting force in contemporary literature。 UnIike other introdUctory texts。Access Literature Iinks the traditionaI elements of Iiterature to the everyday CUlture students aIready know weII。Chapter openers and in-text boxes introduce the elements USing everyday images。inviting students to draw the connections between them。The chapter on plot，for example。begins with storyboards from a television commerciaI：word—choice，word—order，and tone，with a collection of personaI ads；setting and staging with street murals。By showing that even pop culture uses the elements of the Iiterature they study in class。Access Literature heIps students reaIize that the literary concepts simply reflect jdeas that we alI encounter in our dailV Iives，and that Iiterature itself iS simply a reflection of human experience。　　“Access Literature…introduces some of our most engaging literatu re--fiction，poetry，and drama——within lhe contexl of the worlds in which our students Iive。It doesn’t“dumb down”and it doesn’t marginalize the“classics。”Instead，it opens up the idea of literary texts in ways that will capture the students’imagination。” ——Derek Royal，Texas A&M University　　“What llike best about it iS the really comprehensive and astute selection of short stories and poems lt manages to include familiar，traditional works that stilI seem relevant(rather than“standards”which have Iost their vitality)。and a…range of more modern and contemporary works，which represent some of the most interesting，engaging and challenging examples of the Iiterature of ou r fimes。”——Le0nLewis。Appalachian State University “The deft handling of pop-culture materials，and the wide selection of world and non-traditional materials makes this a very useable textbook frOm the point of view of the teacher。Each reading is embedded in multiple possible openings for discussion and analysis。” ——Liz Kleinfeld。Red Rocks Community College