Critical Theories in Literature
Article citations-- use Purdue OWL! You need to follow the format rules, so look at the given examples!
1. For one of the book articles: I have included the title page and copyright page at the beginning-- cite as a selection from an Anthology/Collection
2. For a database article: These articles (like Betrayal and Blessedness or the Babylonian Confusion) have database information to at the top of the first page (journal title etc.). You will cite these as an Online Database article, but you will need the following information:
Database title: Literature Resource Center
Date of Access: October 12, 2015
URL (not a DOI-- one was not provided by the database): www.gale.com/c/literature-resource-center
3. For Aristotle's Poetics: Aristotle. "Poetics Trans. S. H. Butler." Internet Classics Archive, MIT, 2009. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.html. Accessed 3 Sept. 2015.
4. Arthur Miller articles:
Miller, Arthur. "Why I Wrote The Crucible." The New Yorker, Condé Nast, 21 Oct. 1996: 158-164. www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/10/21/why-i-wrote-the-crucible. Accessed 15 Oct. 2015.
Miller, Arthur. "Are You Now Or Were You Ever?" The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd., Saturday, 17 June 2000. www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jun/17/history.politics. Accessed 15 Oct. 2015.
Critical Essays (peer-reviewed!) related to The Crucible for use in the Lit Analysis paper are attached at the bottom of the page. I have organized the essays topically.
Since you will need to show evidence of annotations for this part of the assignment, please download the pdf copy of the article to Notability. If you prefer to annotate by hand, which I fully support, you will need to print out the pdf on your own.
Historical/Biographical for reference to an Allegorical reading:
Arthur Miller "Why I Wrote The Crucible"
Arthur Miller "Are You Now or Were You Ever"
Gender Roles/Feminism/Power Dynamics:
Iska Alter "Betrayal and Blessedness: Explorations of Feminine Power in The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, and After the Fall"
Tragedy:
Aristotle's Poetics (go to the page)
Terry Otten "Historical Drama and the Dimensions of Tragedy: A Man for All Seasons and The Crucible"
Literary Techniques/Allusions:
Frank Ardolino "Babylonian Confusion and Biblical Inversion in Miller's The Crucible"