How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Revised
by Thomas C. Foster
The full title (which speaks to the author and what the book is about) is How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines. This is the revised edition, not the first edition (which is what you would check out at the school's library). The revised edition is SO much better, a fact even Foster admits.
It is one thing to read a guide to literature on its own and a completely other thing to read a guide to literature and apply that information to it at the same time. Therefore, as we read this guide, we are going to use the techniques to examine The Old Man and The Sea. Lectures and discussions will be based on this examination. Throughout his book, Foster mentions dozens of authors and literary works. If you haven't read them, don't worry! I've not even read all of them. He uses them to explain why his points are valid and how his points can be used to analyze literature. Don't focus on the work you don't know, but focus on the information he gives about the text and how he uses it. |
ISBN: 978-0-06-230167-3
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Assignments will be on Canvas, but here are the requirements:
- Reading Sections
- Preface, Introduction, Chapters 1, 2
- Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6
- Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10
- Interlude, Chapters 11, 12, 13
- Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17
- Chapters 18, 19, 20
- Interlude, Chapters 21, 22, 23
- Chapters 24, 25, 26
- Chapters 27, Postlude, Envoi
- Assignments
- This should be in one document.
- For each chapter (including preface, introduction, interludes, postlude, and envoi) write a brief reaction to the chapter. Heard the info before, never thought of that, maybe this ruined certain literature for you, etc.
- 33 entries.
- We will discuss each section and how each chapter relates to the novella we just read.
- Notes are required.
- Properly formatted Work Cited page is required.
- Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines. Harper Perennial, 2014.