UIL Literary Criticism
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2010-2011 Reading List
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape
Theodore Roethke, selected poetry
| Open House | My Papa's Waltz | The Sententious Man | Otto |
| Mid-Country Blow | Dolor | The Pure Fury | The Storm (Forio d'Ischia) |
| The Heron | Double Feature | A Walk in Late Summer | from Sequence, Sometimes Metaphysical |
| The Bat | I Cry, Love! Love! | Slug | .................In a Dark Time |
| On the Road to Woodlawn | Elegy for Jane | from Mediatations of an Old Woman | .................The Sequel |
| Cuttings | The Waking | .................First Meditation | .................The Right Thing |
| Cuttings (later) | I Knew a Woman | Elegy |
pdf handouts
New to the Contest? Let's Get Familiar: A Very Basic Introductory Session for Both Students and Coaches
Tropes, Schemes, and Themes:What Might Be Addressed in Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the Test
Antigone's Bridal Vault and Over the Range with Mr. Higgs: What's to Discover in Sophocles' Antigonê and in Butler's Erewhon
Poems for Explication: Practice for Parts 3 and 4
Sample Tie-Breaking Prompts and Critical Notes
pdf handouts