TY - ADVS AU - Dorn,Fran AU - Davis,Scott Hilton ED - Maryland Public Television. ED - Corporation for College Television. ED - Annenberg/CPB Collection. TI - Literary visions SN - 1576807940 AV - PN59 U1 - 809 PY - 1992/// CY - S. Burlington, VT PB - Annenberg/CPB Collection KW - Literature KW - Appreciation KW - Authorship KW - Style, Literary KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired; 24 parts on 6 videodiscs, each part is 30 minutes long; 1. First sight: an introduction to literature -- 2. Ways of seeing: responding to literature -- 3. A personal view: the art of the essay -- 4. Reflected worlds: the elements of short fiction -- 5. The story's blueprint: plot and structure in short fiction -- 6. Telling their tales: character in short fiction -- 7. In that time and place: setting and character in short fiction -- 8. The author's voice: tone and style in short fiction -- 9. Suggested meanings: symbolism and allegory in short fiction -- 10. The sum of its parts: theme in short fiction -- 11. The sacred words: the elements of poetry --12. A sense of place: setting and character in poetry --13. Tools of the trade: words and images in poetry -- 14. Seeing anew: rhetorical figures in poetry -- 15. An echo to the sense: prosody and form in poetry -- 16. Distant voices: myth, symbolism, and allusion in poetry -- 17. Artful resonance: theme in poetry -- 18. Playing the part: character and actors in drama -- 19. Patterns of action: plot and conflict drama -- 20. Perspectives on illusion: setting and staging in drama -- 21. The vision quest: myth and symbolism in drama -- 22. A frame for meaning: theme in drama. 23. Casting long shadows: the power of literature -- 24. Continuing vision: the uses of literature; Hosted by Fran Dorn; Secondary through college level students N2 - Examines three major genres of literature, short fiction, poetry and drama, and discusses literary elements such as character, plot, symbolism, and voice; A 26-part telecourse discussing literature and authorship, presented in two 30-minute lessons per videocassette in 5 parts ER -