personal interviews, authors have stated their attempt to write books like this. Thus making Thomas Foster correct in asserting that books are written beyond the plot. This philosophy was explained in Professor Thomas Foster's book "How to Read Literature Like a Professor". The basis of this philosophy is that authors implement and use simple items in a story that symbolizes something greater than the actual character of the story. Professor Foster discussed the different symbols in books that authors commonly
insights that I learned from How to Read Literature Like a Professor are to look at the character’s internal reasons for completing a task, note the authors word choice in figurative language, and look for a deeper meaning tied to the setting or an image that the author is creating. The first insight was given in chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor; “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (3). This piece of information was very useful as I read the section of “Winter in
Under the Surface They Are All Alike Various novels have more in common than first meets the eye. Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor discusses the idea of how characters often go on quests and how they have the same five parts. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a young lady named Hester Prynne commits adultery, and she, along with the two men, must live with the consequences. Hawthorne demonstrates Foster's ideas on quests through the characters Roger Chillingworth
This spring semester of 2017 I took the course Introduction to Literature 2341-16 with Dr. Rivera. This was a challenging course for me at the beginning, since reading and writing has never been my favorite things to do. However, with effort and preparation I could overcome my weaknesses and be able to succeed. Reading is one the hardest things for me, but surprisingly this class changed my appreciation for reading. I used to not read the assigned reading in view of them being boring and also when
Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea (Abdulhamid Alansary, Dept., of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University) ABSTRACT This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically, namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature, which had been previously harmonized, has changed
3. Significance of the Problem This project has various reasons to justify itself as an original research that can bring new light to the significant subject of comparative literature. Iranian scholars have already exhausted different aspects of the life and works of Sa‘di and encyclopedic publications have been devoted to him. In a similar vein, Alexander Pope has been the subject of innumerous studies with different approaches; however, it is for the first time that a student well acquainted with
Aeschylus: The Oresteia is a brief analysis by Simon Goldhill of the famous Greek trilogy. In it, Goldhill connects the intricacies of Greek society to tragedy, explaining the impacts of politics and culture on Aeschylus’s work for the purpose of giving students and professors alike a deeper understanding of the series. He states that the goal of this book is to give in-depth analyses of certain key sections of the Oresteia so as to show the complexity of Aeschylus’s work. Goldhill focuses on specific
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter Analysis Cindy Ho Introduction ~ How’d He do That? Recognizing patterns or symbols in difficult works of literature make it easier to read. The patterns and symbols in “The Fall of the House of Usher” helps one be able to fully understand the short story. For example, in “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the deterioration of the house symbolizes the deterioration of Roderick and Madeline’s health. The house is linked to Roderick and Madeline. Upon
I was a bit sceptical when choosing Burton G. Malkiel’s “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” as my book for my literature review assignment. This book consisted of four hundred and sixty one pages; my life was over, or so I thought. Nevertheless, I began reading it and surprisingly the book was very interesting. I must say that the book was very easy to read, it almost felt like I was in a classroom setting learning new investment terms, concepts and practices. Although there is a lot to talk about
Archibald Monteith, a nineteenth-century Jamaican slave, has had a strange and interesting publishing history” (Costanzo). This report seeks to give the reader a deeper understanding and insight into the biography of Archibald Monteath through a critical analysis which analyze the strengths and weakness of the book by looking at the purpose, contextualization, style and the sources of the book. Hopefully after reading one gets a deeper composition of the book. The central themes of the book are Slavery,