How to Read Literature Like a Profess..., Thomas C. Foster
How to Read Literature Like a Profess..., Thomas C. Foster
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor
For Kids

Author: Thomas C. Foster

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

The go-to bestselling guide to help young people navigate from a middle school book report to English Comp 101

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers.

With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other key techniques to make a story come to life.

From that very first middle school book report to that first college course, kids need to be able to understand the layers of meaning in literature. Foster makes learning this important skill fun and exciting by using examples from How the Grinch Stole Christmas to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from short stories and poems to movie scripts.

This go-to guide unlocks all the hidden secrets to reading, making it entertaining and satisfying.

About Thomas C. Foster

Thomas C. Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor and Reading the Silver Screen, is professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he taught classes in contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry, as well as creative writing and freelance writing. He is also the author of several books on twentieth-century British and Irish literature and poetry.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kris on June 25, 2013

Moves from chapter to chapter with a break neck quick clip. Love that! Wish it was subtitled "For Young People" instead of "For Kids" because teens have a lot to gain from the succinct explanations of irony, archetypes, references to Shakespeare, etc. etc.... It may indirectly challenge my vehement......more

Goodreads review by Erin on December 30, 2012

While this book had some interesting suggestions of things to look for when reading to get more "meaning" out of a book/reading experience, I have lots of quibbles and a general sense of dissatisfaction. In my mind, the best ideas are at the end of the book- read what you like, figure out your own c......more

Goodreads review by Laney on March 10, 2023

Love the cover......more

Goodreads review by Arjun on August 19, 2015

Reading this was going great... Until I realized I was reading the wrong book.......more

Goodreads review by maddy on February 27, 2023

This book was really interesting! While I found most of the chapters to be helpful and good to know, the final chapter that examined “The Garden Party” contained a few references and ideas that could be viewed as a bit far-fetched. Overall, it was great, the evidence provided in each chapter was rel......more