"I know of no other book that so vividly conveys what it's like to study with a great literature professor."
--James Shapiro, Columbia University, author of Shakespeare and the Jews It is a common situation that is all too familiar to literature professors everywhere. When teaching a great work of literature, be it Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959), Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1741), or Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987), there is inevitably a moment in the classroom discussion of the book when the students confess to their professor that they do not "get it," they simply do not understand the inherent symbolism represented in the book of which the professor speaks of with such clarity and ease. As Thomas C. Foster states in his enlightening new book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, to the eager but frustrated literature student "it may seem at times as if the professor is either inventing interpretations out of thin air or else performing parlor tricks, a sort of analytical sleight of hand." Of course, literature professors have an obvious unfair advantage over their students: they are experienced readers who over the years have acquired an integral skill that Foster labels the "language of reading," something their students are only just beginning to understand. The "language of reading" is the grammar of literature, a set of conventions and patterns, codes and rules that are employed when dealing with a piece of writing. Quite simply, what does it mean when a fictional character embarks on a journey? Or gets caught in a torrential rainstorm? Or sits down to share a hearty meal with family and friends? In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster presents a lively and entertaining guide for your students to learn the subtle clues that form the "language of reading," thereby transforming their reading experience to a new level that is ultimately more enriching, satisfying, and fun. Written in an informal, friendly style that encourages a freewheeling approach to literature, How to Read Literature Like a Professor focuses on the key literary basics that are the foundation of all great literature: major themes and motifs (seasons, quests, food, politics, geography, weather, vampires, violence, illness, and many more); literary models (Shakespeare's plays, Greek mythology, fairy tales, the Bible); and narrative devices (form, irony, plot, and symbol, among others). Throughout his book, Thomas C. Foster draws upon an eclectic mix of clever examples from all genres: novels, short stories, plays, poems, movies, television, rock and roll song lyrics, and even cartoon favorites such as the noted "literary heroes" Rocky and Bullwinkle and Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. To test the growth of the analytical skills of your students, Foster includes as a case study "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield, offering his own incisive narrative comments plus examples of his literature students' impressions of the classic 1922 short story. In addition, Foster also includes a comprehensive list of novels, poems, and plays that your students may find enjoyable and challenging, plus offers suggestions for secondary sources on reading, interpretation, and criticism. In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, your students will come to clearly understand through Thomas C. Foster's witty and instructive style that a journey symbolizes a fictional character's heroic quest for self-knowledge, a torrential rainstorm can be cleansing or destructive to the character but it never just symbolizes that it is raining outside, and a meal may symbolize the religious ritual of the holy communion. How to Read Literature Like a Professor will inspire your literature students to unlock the deeper hidden truths of the literary texts whose many shades of symbolic meaning may initially be escaping their grasp. From page 47 in How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Автор: Penelope Lively Название: House in Norham Gardens ISBN: 0141361905 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141361901 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1055.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: No 40 Norham Gardens, Oxford, is the home of Clare Mayfield, her two aged aunts and two lodgers. In the junk room, Clare discovers the vividly painted shield which her great-grandfather, an eminent anthropologist, had brought back from New Guinea. She becomes obsessed with its past and determined to find out more about its strange tribal origins.
Автор: Penelope Lively Название: Moon Tiger ISBN: 0141188316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141188317 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Claudia Hampton lies dying in hospital. There is Gordon, her adored brother; Jasper, the charming, untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa, her cool, conventional daughter; and Tom, her one great love, both found and lost in wartime Egypt. This novel weaves a mesh of memories, flashbacks and shifting voices, in a story of loss and desire.
Автор: Lively, Penelope Название: Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: The Whispering Knights ISBN: 0194791947 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780194791946 Издательство: Oxford University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 2529.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Word count 17,100
Автор: Penelope Lively Название: Moon Tiger ISBN: 0141044845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141044842 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying. But she remains defiant to the last, telling her nurses that she will write a `history of the world ...and in the process, my own`. And it is her story from a childhood just after the First World War through the Second and beyond.
Автор: Lively Penelope Название: Stitch in Time ISBN: 0007443277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007443277 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1055.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Maria is always getting lost in the secret world of her imagination... A ghostly mystery and winner of the Whitbread Award,republished in the Collins Modern Classics range.
Автор: Penelope Lively Название: How It All Began ISBN: 0241957273 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241957271 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: When... Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord Peters to Manchester, which means his niece Marion has to go instead, which means she sends a text to her lover which is intercepted by his wife, which is ...just the beginning in the ensuing chain of life-altering events.
Автор: Lively Penelope Название: Life in the Garden: A Memoir ISBN: 052555839X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525558392 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: First published in 1913, this valuable and scholarly work is an account of the flow of population from the British Isles to the United States and Canada during the nineteenth century and the author`s extensive researches into government reports and papers has brought together a great deal of material which gives his book an important place as an authority on British emigration.
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