Comments on: How to Read Literature Like a Professor http://www.somesmart.com/2010/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor/ Book blogging (mostly) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Across the Nightingale Floor http://www.somesmart.com/2010/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Across the Nightingale Floor Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:50:48 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=455#comment-499 [...] asides of Don Quixote and the Tale of Genji, it’s all connected. Or, as Thomas Foster says in How to Read LIterature like a Professor, it’s all one [...] [...] asides of Don Quixote and the Tale of Genji, it’s all connected. Or, as Thomas Foster says in How to Read LIterature like a Professor, it’s all one [...]

]]> By: Mome Rath http://www.somesmart.com/2010/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Mome Rath Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:48:43 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=455#comment-169 I definitely understand about reading for fun, rather than for study. Which is probably why I'm reading longer books now than I would have in a college class (though now I'm sure I could go back and learn a lot). Enjoy your next book! I definitely understand about reading for fun, rather than for study. Which is probably why I’m reading longer books now than I would have in a college class (though now I’m sure I could go back and learn a lot). Enjoy your next book!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.somesmart.com/2010/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Rachel Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:37:23 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=455#comment-166 I'm a big non-fiction reader. This was a cool review. Thanks for commenting at Home Girl's Book Blog. So great to have a boy in the mix. To dilute the estrogen, and all that. :) I’m a big non-fiction reader. This was a cool review. Thanks for commenting at Home Girl’s Book Blog. So great to have a boy in the mix. To dilute the estrogen, and all that. :)

]]> By: Scott http://www.somesmart.com/2010/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Scott Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:41:30 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=455#comment-165 Thanks - I would definitely recommend it if you are interested in pursuing a more technical, academic approach to literature. One thing I've noticed, though, and that I'm currently struggling with, is balancing reading for pleasure with reading for depth. Basically, I don't want to focus so much on extracting deep meanings from literature that I forget to enjoy the actual reading experience. Reading isn't work, and I don't ever want it to feel that way! Thanks – I would definitely recommend it if you are interested in pursuing a more technical, academic approach to literature.

One thing I’ve noticed, though, and that I’m currently struggling with, is balancing reading for pleasure with reading for depth. Basically, I don’t want to focus so much on extracting deep meanings from literature that I forget to enjoy the actual reading experience. Reading isn’t work, and I don’t ever want it to feel that way!

]]> By: Mome Rath http://www.somesmart.com/2010/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Mome Rath Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:04:10 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=455#comment-162 I meant to post on this earlier, but I think it's great that you're studying ways to be a better reader and writer. And it's nice to see some non-fiction reviewed! I only took a short story class in college, so this book sounds like it could have some utility for me. I hope what you've learned from it helps you enjoy the next books you read (or listen to). I meant to post on this earlier, but I think it’s great that you’re studying ways to be a better reader and writer. And it’s nice to see some non-fiction reviewed! I only took a short story class in college, so this book sounds like it could have some utility for me. I hope what you’ve learned from it helps you enjoy the next books you read (or listen to).

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