Analysis is the practice of looking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole. 

Literary analysis focuses on how plot/structure, character, setting, and many other techniques are used by the author to create meaning.

Need a copy of your literature piece?

Check in these lists to see if we have it in our collection! If we don't have it listed, you can request the novel or anthology from another school with the form at the very bottom of the page, or on the main "Research Guides by Subject" page! Please find a specific title that the short story or poem would appear in, and include the title of the short story or poem in your request.

2. Research!

Working Bibliography

• Go to Noodletools 

  • Login using the Google Icon in the bottom left corner of the white box

  • Set up your Project --> Click "+New Project" in the top right hand corner

    • Project Title: 12th Grade Literary Analysis or 11th Grade Literary Analysis

    • Citation Style: MLA Format

    • Citation Level: Advanced

• As you locate sources begin adding them into your working bibliography

• There is a document of citation help at the bottom of this website

Books

• Search the High School Library Catalog for your author or literature piece

  • Browse the shelves Call # 801- 899

    • Criticism is shelved with the literature

      • English Literature 820s

      • American Literature 810s

• Great Writers of the English Language - 820.9

Author Biography

• Search the High School Library Catalog for your author

• Great World Writers: Twentieth Century - 809 GRE

• American Writers - 810.9 AME

• Great American Writers: Twentieth Century - 810.9 GRE

• Magill's Survey of American Literature - 810.9 MAG

• African American Writers - 810.9896 AFR

• Modern American Women Writers - 810.99287 MOD

• British Writers - 820.9 BRI

• Encyclopedia of British Writers - 820.9 ENC

• American Authors 1600-1900 - 920.3 K

• British Authors Before 1800 - 920.3 K

• British Authors of the Nineteenth Century - 920.3 K

• European Authors 1000-1900 - 920.3 K

• Twentieth Century Authors - 920.3 T

• World Authors - 920.3 WOR

Criticism

• Search the High School Library Catalog for your author or literature piece

  • Criticism is shelved with the literature

    • • English Literature 820s

      • American Literature 810s

• Novels:

  • Physical copies of Novels for Students - 809.7 NOV

  • Critical Survey of Long Fiction - 809.3 CRI

  • Twenty-First Century Novels : The First Decade - 809.3 TWE

  • Magill's Survey of American Literature - 810.9 MAG

  • Magill's Survey of World Literature - 809 MAG

  • Modern American Literature - 810.9 M

  • Masterplots - 809 MAG / 809 MAS

  • Masterplots II - 810.9 MAS / 809.1 MAS

  • Modern British Literature -  820.9 M

• Poetry:

  • Physical copies of Poetry for Students - 808.81 POE

• Short Stories

  • Physical copies of Short Stories for Students - 808.831 SHO

Historical Context

• Literature and It's Times - 809.93358 LIT

• World Literature and It's Times - 829 MOS

Databases

The school's databases can be located on your Webgrades links page. If you are accessing the databases outside of school, you may need a password. 

Use your topic or similar keywords for your searches. If one database doesn't work, go to the next one! If you are still having trouble, come talk to your teacher or Mrs. Stump!

Bloom's Literary Reference Online/InfoBase

• Bloom's Literature

Gale - Mrs. Stump's Demonstration

• Gale eBooks

  • The criticisms in this collection should be cited individually

    • Novels for Students

    • Poetry for Students

    • Short Stories for Students

• Gale Literary Sources

  • Literature Resource Center

PowerLibrary

• Contemporary Authors

Other

JSTOR

• Click the link above to search the JSTOR Database

• When you find an article you would like to use, fill out a request in the form below

  • The library staff will notify you when your request has been filled