The Tao of Reading: Two Lectures on Reading and Writing about What You Read
Lecture 1: How to Read as a Writer
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Lecture
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Handouts
- Elizabeth Tallent – “No One’s A Mystery” w comments
- Glover handout bad readings of Tallent (These were found by scouring the Internet.)
- Glover Reading Rubric for Fiction
- Nabokov – “Good Readers and Good Writers”
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Lecture 2: Reading Texts and Writing Critical Papers
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Lecture Description
Textual Analysis: Approaches to writing analytic papers. Topics covered: the difference between an analytic paper and literary appreciation, book report, and criticism; the textual basis of a good analytic paper; focus on craft and technique; outlines; and what you should expect to get out of writing a good textual analysis.
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Lecture
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Handouts
- Reading Rubric for Fiction Click to download pdf.
- Reading Rubric for Nonfiction
- A cheat sheet for structural analysis
- Outline for Critical Thesis or 4th Semester Lecture
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Reading and Textual Analysis Advice and Examples Culled from Letters to Students
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Other Resources
- Please visit the Numéro Cinq Holy Book of Literary Craft.
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