How To Read Literature Like A Professor

THOMAS C. FOSTER

HARPER/COLLINS

Seamus Heaney

Literature & Fiction

O'Brien Press Ltd

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.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

History & Criticism

Stories That Make You

University of North Florida

Thomas C. Foster's classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes, and contexts—shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps readers discover the deeper meanings of novels, poems, and plays by looking at literature with the eyes—and literary codes—of the ultimate professional reader: the college professor. This revised and updated edition contains new chapters, new preface and epilogue, and updated teaching points developed over the last decade.What does it mean when a literary hero travels along a dusty road? When he's drenched in a sudden rain shower? Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, Foster provides us with a broad overview of literature—a world where a road leads to a quest and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just a shower—and shows us how to make our reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.

Perfection Learning

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Blurb

Durante as aulas de literatura, aprendemos que os livros sao cheios de linguagens metaforicas e que, na verdade, o autor quis dizer outra coisa que nao estava ali, literalmente. Mas como saber identificar isso? Como saber o que essas entrelinhas significam de verdade? Isso nao se aprende na escola.Para ler literatura como um professor explica com uma variedade de exemplos, cada um desses significados ocultos e ajuda o leitor leigo a ter melhor compreensao e apreciacao dos livros que ja leu e dos que ainda estao por ler.

Para Ler Literatura Como Um Professor (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

Lua de Papel

How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Chinese Edition) ("Jiao Ni Du Dong Wen Xue De 27 Tang Ke")

Mu Ma Wen Hua

Traditional Chinese edition of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines. This is an entertaining book on what you might find dry and boring in Cliff notes and Spark Note - learning how to read literature. You'll find at the end of this book that you can now appreciate literature the way literature should be appreciated.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Chinese Edition)

Mu Ma Wen Hua/Tsai Fong Books

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