How to Read Literature Like a ProfessorHarper Collins, 2009. okt. 13. - 336 oldal What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface—a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character—and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you. In this practical and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C. Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock those hidden truths, and to discover a world where a road leads to a quest; a shared meal may signify a communion; and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just rain. Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun. |
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... actually. She's named for the great tragic character from Sophocles' drama Oedipus the King (ca. 425 B.C.), whose real calamity is that he doesn't know himself. In Pynchon's novel the heroine's resources, really her crutches—and they ...
... Actually, I think I prefer that it be apocryphal, since made-up anecdotes have their own kind of truth. Still, it is equally true that just as cigars may be just cigars, so sometimes they are not. Same with meals in life and, of course ...
... actually have a blind man's hand on his own at the ending. The answer is food. Every coach I ever had would say, when we faced a superior opposing team, that they put on their pants one leg at a time, just like everybody else. What ...
... actually the evening, now that I think about it—and says something like, “In order to remain undead, I must steal the life force of someone whose fate matters less to me than my own.” I've always supposed that Wall Street traders utter ...
... actually a sestina, but I for one am very grateful that he labels it as to form. We would notice that something funny is going on, that in fact he uses the same six words to end the lines in every stanza, but who has a name for that? We ...
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When in Doubt | 37 |
Or the Bible | 47 |
Hanseldee and Greteldum | 57 |
Its Greek to Me | 64 |
Its More Than Just Rain | 74 |
If She Comes Up Its Baptism | 152 |
Geography Matters | 163 |
So Does Season | 175 |
One Story | 185 |
Marked for Greatness | 193 |
Hes Blind for a | 201 |
Its Never Just Heart Disease | 207 |
And Rarely Just Illness | 213 |
Does He Mean That? | 82 |
Is That a Symbol? | 97 |
Its All Political | 108 |
Yes Shes a Christ Figure Too | 117 |
Flights of Fancy | 125 |
Its All About Sex | 135 |
Except Sex | 143 |
Dont Read with Your Eyes | 226 |
Is He Serious? | 235 |
A Test Case | 245 |
Envoi | 278 |
Acknowledgments | 297 |
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