How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
- ISBN-10
- 1514202999
- ISBN-13
- 9781514202999
- Series
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- Pages
- 154
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-03
- Author
- Thomas Foster
Description
While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these 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 literary hero is traveling along a dusty road? When he hands a drink to his companion? When he's drenched in a sudden rain shower?Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices and form, Thomas C. Foster provides us with a broad overview of literature-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 a shower-and shows us how to make our reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.
