Why Do We Read Literature? First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with
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n chapter 9 of How to read literature like a professor‚ Foster goes into the topic of myths. There are three kinds of myths that Foster mentioned beforehand :shakespearean biblical‚and fairy tale myths. In this chapter however‚ he goes more deeply in myths from the Greeks and Romans. According to Foster‚ myths shape and sustain power of a story the and its symbols; show our ability to to explain ourselves; myths are so deeply ingrained our cultural memory that they both shape our culture and are
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (Notes) Introduction: “How’d He Do That?” Part of reading is: o Knowing conventions o Recognizing conventions o Anticipating results When a person introduces a topic‚ then digresses onto other topics it doesn’t matter what examples‚ as soon as you see a couple of them you recognize a pattern. o You know the author is coming back with an application of those examples to the main topic. Conventions in stories/novels: o
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Introduction: How’d He Do That? If Walter Lee Younger makes a deal with the devil will everything go back to normal? Reasons to make deal with the devil Satanic temptation Racism Anguish How Walter Lee Younger handles the decision with the devil. Looks at himself at true cost Walter Lee recovers in time to reject devils offer (Mr. Linder aka devil) Resisting the devil shows how Walter Lee grows heroic by battling his own demons. But he barely had time to come to his senses to resist the
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How to Read Literature like a Professor Chapter 1: We learn the basics of a quest in a book or novel. The author says a quest can be any kind of journey. He uses a kid‚ named Kip‚ who runs to the store to pick up some bread for his parents. Along the way he sees the girl he asked out‚ a bully named Troy‚ and his ’68 ‘Cuda. When we hear or read the word “quest”‚ we think of an epic hero coming from a faraway land‚ who faces an obstacle‚ trials‚ a protagonist‚ and love story. To have a quest you
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Thomas C. Foster indicates in “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” that usually when a blind person shows up in a piece of literature‚ he can see into the spirit and divine world‚ and can see things that the hero of the story is unable to see. While I don’t believe love is spiritual‚ I do believe that it takes a special eye to see it. In “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green‚ Augustus’ best friend Isaac is losing his eyesight to cancer‚ and essentially going blind. Even though Isaac is losing
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Shelby Oglesby Question one. Chapters five of ’ how to read literature like a professor’ tells us that ; nothing is original‚ that everything is taken from something that has previously been told of a or wrote about. The road by Cormac McCarthy abides by this. When i was in the eight grade I read The Picture of Dorian Grey‚ When i was in the ninth grade i read The Twilight Saga‚ and last week i read Fifty Shades of Grey. All three of the listed books are derived from one another ‚ in all three
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Kiley Dempsey Ms. Jones Honors Tenth Grade Literature Composition 04 September 2012 Santiago’s Journey How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ by Thomas C. Foster‚ is like painting a picture; with painting the first step is to paint inside the lines‚ but an advanced artist understands that a picture is made up of not just color‚ texture‚ and shapes‚ but also considers the purpose behind each stroke. Foster brings a different meaning to reading a book and draws attention to the author and his or
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster is a book that explains there is more to literature than just a few words on a paper or a few pages in a book. Thomas Foster’s book portrays a relatable message to a wide based audience. This book is relatable for two reasons‚ the way it is written and the examples it uses. The book is written in a conversational manner‚ as if the reader was in a group discussion about books
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“How To Read Literature Like A Professor” By: Thomas C. Foster 1) “Always" and "never" are not words that have much meaning in literary study. For one thing‚ as soon as something seems to always be true‚ some wise guy will come along and write something to prove that it’s not.” pg.8 2) "there’s no such thing as a wholly original work of literature" pg.20 3) "myth is a body of story that matters" pg.39 4) “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.” pg.7 5) “Here’s the problem with
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