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
writing piece. In the introduction, Foster gives a quick example and explains how it can give off different connections to the main and central idea. Ever so often throughout the book he made his own questions and answered them, ones that most readers, including myself would ask. You could tell, like most professors he was once in the seat being taught because he would break down the key components and essential parts of literature, making sure he had examples for the reader so they would understand where
movies and books can be carefully examined and interpreted. Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor provides a new view on interpreting literature. In the novel, Foster identifies and analyzes common patterns, themes, and motifs found in literature, many of which are also present in Disney’s film, Maleficent. This movie showcases several of his ideas, including quests, flight, geography, and symbolism. These are only a few characteristics that shape the movie into an enjoyable and
Jamaica Kincaid has published many famous works, including “Girl,” and where she is now currently a professor “at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California” (47), teaching individuals and spreading her knowledge on becoming a successful writer as herself. In “Girl,” Kincaid developed a prose poem, meaning that it lacked rhyme and contained semicolons
Annette Mise Professor Figeras ENC1102 February 11, 2015 Symbol of the Yellow Wallpaper Symbolism plays a very important role when it comes to reading any piece of literature. The author uses, and may repeat a couple of times the same symbol, which could be either an object or a reference to add what it could be a deeper meaning to the story. “The Yellow Wallpaper”, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a short story where the wallpaper is projected as the most significant symbol. The wallpaper
period of Belgian imperialism. For centuries, light and dark have been common motifs in literature, used to depict the subconscious personality of characters. Conrad uses the contrast of light and dark to highlight both the power and oppression felt during Belgian imperialism in the African Congo, resulting in a change of character in Marlow and Mr. Kurtz. In Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, darkness is equated to blindness. Foster writes that “When literal blindness, sight
Selene Pola ENGL 380 Professor Hart 7 December 2014 As Addie Lays Dying In the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner it seems that all roads lead to Addie Bundren. Even though Addie’s voice in the novel is one that is buried, one could argue that the text mainly revolves around her powerful monologue. Whether it was intentional or not, we will never know but Faulkner’s title for this novel seemingly fits around her character, she is speaking to the readers as she lays dying both psychically
Bueno,Marielle How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summer Reading Assignment 1. Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When it’s Not) Literary Work: Earth to Echo Every quest contains five key elements including a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, the challenges and trials through out the quest, and lastly a real reason to go there. As for the movie “Earth to Echo” the story line is an example of a quest. In the movie there are four young questers, Tuck, Munch
of Biblical names is understandable. Yet some of us, readers, still might have some questions as to the significance of Melville’s choice of names from the Old Testament. Were they chosen on a whim or is there a story behind the story? Matthew 7:7 reads: “Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you”. So let’s seek and find, shall we? The narrator of Moby Dick - Ishmael, is portrayed in the book as a very complicated and mysterious character
Mary Calomino Professor Habash War In Literature, CNE 171 24 November 2014 Title Making it on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall is to pay the ultimate sacrifice. The memorial permanently encapsulates the American lives lost during the Vietnam War with 142 panels lined with the names of the fallen that summarize a deadly 20 years of battle, loss, and suffering. Every year millions of veterans gather at the wall to visit fellow soldiers and gain closure from the mental and emotional wounds from the