English Resources

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LITERATURE & COMPOSITION RESOURCES

JSTOR Link through Murphy:

http://libweb.uwlax.edu:2123/
Offers literary journals and articles for reading
Literary Ezines and Journals Lists literary magazines for publications and submissions
Online Literary Criticism Guide Resources for specific types and periods of literary criticism
"Voice of the Shuttle." The VOS includes links to e-texts, and articles on literature and culture, and multiple humanities references."

WRITING RESOURCES

Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) Provides information on proper MLA citation and formatting

FURTHER INVOLVEMENT & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Sigma Tau Delta Conferences (The International English Honor Society)
Undergraduate Research at UW-L Apply for research grants to pursue academic ventures in literature

LITERARY CONCEPTS AND VOCABULARY

Literary terms for classical and medieval literature and science fiction:

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html

Bedford St. Martins Glossary of Literary Terms

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL): Writing in Literature

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/4/17/

Online reprint of literary terms from Essentials of Literature in English post 1914

http://www.literature-study-online.com/glossary.html

Definition of “literature”:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/literature

POETIC AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Rhythm and Meter in Poetry:

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html

The difference between symbol, image, and allegory:

The Literary Apprentice, http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/fitchf/readlit/symbol1.htm

Top 20 figures of speech:

http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/20figures.htm

An Online Rhetoric: (includes rhetorical figures)

http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm

WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

Writing Poetry Explications: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html

Writing about Poetry:

http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/poetry.html
Writing Fiction Essays: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature.html
Writing Drama Essays: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/drama.html

RESEARCH IN LITERATURE: FINDING AND USING SECONDARY SOURCES

Murphy Library (UW-L) Periodical Databases for English:

http://libguides.uwlax.edu/english

MLA In-text Citations:

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html

MLA Works Cited (bibliography) Format:

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s2.html

MLA style for quoting lines of poetry:

http://www.shepherd.edu/scwcweb/hndpoetry.htm