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While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper meanings interwoven in these literary texts...How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes—of the ultimate professional reader: the college professor.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 Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying and fun.
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster
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- 2003
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- Titel
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Thomas C. Foster
- Verlag
- Harper Perennial
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2003
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 314
- ISBN10
- 006000942X
- ISBN13
- 9780060009427
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Kunst & Kultur, Lehrbücher, Kinderbücher, Literaturwissenschaft, Schule, Geschenke für Schulkinder, Schreiben, Englische Literatur, Literarische Kritik, Über Bücher, Erstes Lesen, Pflichtlektüre, Lesen, Interpretation literarischer Werke, Literarische Themen
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2003
- Originaltitel
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- Bewertung
- 3,55 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper meanings interwoven in these literary texts...How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes—of the ultimate professional reader: the college professor.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 Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying and fun.