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How to Read Literature Like a Professor

How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Every Trip Is a Quest Geography Matters. Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not). Five elements: q uester place to go reason to go there challenges/trials 5) real reason to go. Every Trip—cont.

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How to Read Literature Like a Professor

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  1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Every Trip Is a Quest Geography Matters

  2. Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) Five elements: • quester • place to go • reason to go there • challenges/trials 5) real reason to go

  3. Every Trip—cont. • “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (3). • A quest might fail or might not be taken up • “’Always’ and ‘Never’ are not words that have much meaning in literary study” (6).

  4. Every Trip—cont. Having said that . . . Always consider the artist’s argument that might be made through: • the quest • the act of self-knowledge • the specific self-knowledge achieved or attempted • the failure or rejection of the quest/self-knowledge

  5. Geography Matters • Geography/setting is not just physical place • Ask why a writer chose a specific setting, because they do choose setting • “Literary geography is typically about humans inhabiting spaces, and at the same time the spaces that inhabit humans” (166-67).

  6. Geography—cont. • Setting (geography) can involve psychology, attitude, finance, industry, religion, politics, crime, leisure, etc. • Setting can: 1) affect character development, 2) be symbolic • The symbolism of characters going south

  7. Every Trip practice • Beauty and the Beast • Kung Fu Panda • Star Wars I-III • Star Wars IV-VI • The Lion King • Elf • Monsters Inc. • Up • Despicable Me • Shrek • Finding Nemo

  8. Geo Matters • Title • Paraphrase • Diction, imagery, rhyme, rhythm, etc. • Read again • Title again • Argument

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