In pieces of literature rich with imagery and symbolism, the
concept of dancing is often dominant because its elements have so
strong a resemblance to the elements that make up our lives--the
diverse steps in choreography, the partners, the moods, the
missteps, the reasons for the dance. Dancing, therefore, provides
an ancient instrument by which we can understand and know ourselves
but also a metaphor for how we learn language and use it to
communicate. In this handbook, you will see the steps that you can
follow as you move through the dance of language. Though not always
graceful in the beginning, you will become more adept and feel more
at ease as you increase your knowledge, step by step, of how the
language works and how it can work for you. Unlike some kinds of
dances that require strict choreography, your language demands that
you know and use many skills concurrently. The skills and knowledge
for writing and for critical analysis of literature build on each
other and prepare students for reading, writing, and thinking.
Serious students of dance must understand not only the inner
workings of the body, bones and muscle that allow the body to move
but also the importance of maintaining balance and conditioning.
The handbook, therefore, includes tools for maintaining strength in
studying how words, phrases, and sentences are combined to form the
framework that allows our language to move gracefully and to move
us--to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to touch our hearts and
minds. The ideas in the book support a core curriculum in the
humanities. Classic ideas tend to form cohesive patterns, and some
of those great thinkers who have left marvelous gifts for the
foundation of ourthinking and language--Aristotle, Plato, Emerson,
Thoreau, Freud, Jung and others are included here.
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