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Literature -- Explication.
English fiction -- Books and reading.
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The art of reading [...
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The art of reading [digital videodisc] / Timothy Spurgin.
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2009.
Subjects
Literature -- Explication.
English fiction -- Books and reading.
Content area reading.
Literature -- History and criticism.
Books and reading.
Reading.
Authors and readers.
ISBN:
9781598035674
1598035673
Series:
Great courses (DVD). Literature & English language.
Description:
4 videodiscs in 2 v. (720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (109 p. ; 19 cm.).
Contents:
disc 1. Lectures 1-6. Artful reading and everyday reading -- Authors, real and impled -- Narrators : their voices and their visions -- Characters : beyond round and flat -- Descriptions : people, places, and the things -- Minimalists to maximalists to lyricists -- disc 2. Lectures 7-12. Explosive devices : irony and ambiguity -- Reading for the plot : five simple words -- Master plots : the stranger and the journey -- The game is afoot : Sherlock Holmes -- The plot thickens : Scott and Bronte -- The plot vanishes: Faulkner and Woolf -- disc 3. Lectures 13-18. Chapters, patterns and rhythms -- Scene and summary, showing and telling -- Subtexts, motives, and secrets -- Dialogue : the good, the bad the ugly -- Metafiction: fiction about fiction -- Adaptation: from fiction to film -- Lectures 19-24. Realism times four -- Thumbs up? : interpretation and evaluation -- A long short story -- A classic novel : The age of innocence -- A baggy monster : War and peace -- Picking up the tools.
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The Art of Reading is about the wonderful feeling of engaging with a novel or short story on all levels and learning how artful readers think about and approach the works they read. Whether you're someone who loves curling up with a good book, a writer who is looking for insights into how to get inside your readers' minds, or a student who wants to contribute to class discussions, there's something for you to find in this course.24-lecture course that brings together concepts and techniques rarely found in a single package.
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Hawaii State Library
DVD -- DVD, Nonfiction, AV Room
DVD NF
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Kapolei Public Library
DVD -- DVD, Nonfiction
DVD #5785
[NonFic]
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