ENG 113 - Literature-Based Research: Web Resources

Check out this site to explore short stories, classic literature, essays, and more from American writers.

From Bucks County Community College.

This resource from California State University at Northridge discusses how to write an analysis of a short story. Examples and a proposed outline are given.

This web resource from the Norton Introduction to Literature Studyspace describes the elements of an essay, the writing process, the research essay, and tips on paraphrasing, summarizing, and describing. This source also provides tutorials on the proper techniques for research and writing, information on genres, and a glossary.

This handout from UNC's writing center describes some steps for planning and writing papers about fiction texts. There are also tips on choosing a topic and creating your thesis statement.

Check out this link from Purdue OWL for examples and descriptions about writing papers in literature. It discusses research topics, how to begin your research, how to use information, and formatting.

Launched in 1996, Poets.org is the award-winning website of the Academy of American Poets. Visitors to Poets.org will find thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings—with new material being added constantly.

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

This web page from Purdue OWL covers the basics of how to write about poetry including information on why it is done, what you should know, and what you can write about.

Exeter Digital Archives consist of several archives which have been brought together under one imprint in order to acknowledge the dynamic range of contemporary performance practice.

This handout from the University of Cagary discusses how to write a review for the types of traditional plays and avant-garde plays.

This printable tutorial provided by Norton Introduction to Literature Studyspace covers different kinds of drama papers as well as, other useful steps to analyzing drama.

This handout from UNC's writing center identifies common questions about drama, describes the elements of drama that are most often discussed in theater classes, provides a few strategies for planning and writing an effective drama paper, and identifies various resources for research in theater history and dramatic criticism. Special attention is given to writing about productions and performances of plays.