How to Read Literature Like a Professor
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 is a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable. This book 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.
Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, Thomas 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.