How to Read Novels Like a Professor：A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form

图书标准信息

• 作者 Thomas C. Foster（托马斯·C·福斯特） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2008-07
• ISBN 9780061340406
• 定价 149.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 312页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Ofalltheliteraryforms,thenovelisarguablythemostdiscussed...andfrettedover.FromMigueldeCervantes'sDonQuixotetotheworksofJaneAusten,F.ScottFitzgerald,ErnestHemingway,andtoday'smasters,thenovelhasgrownwithandadaptedtochangingsocietiesandtechnologies,mixingtraditionandinnovationineveryagethroughouthistory.

ThomasC.Foster—thesageandscholarwhoingeniouslyledreadersthroughthefascinatingsymboliccodesofgreatliteratureinhisfirstbook,HowtoReadLiteratureLikeaProfessor—nowexaminesthegrammarofthepopularnovel.Exploringhowauthors'choicesaboutstructure—pointofview,narrativevoice,firstpage,chapterconstruction,characteremblems,andnarrative(dis)continuity—createmeaningandaspecialliterarylanguage,HowtoReadNovelsLikeaProfessorsharesthekeystothislanguagewithreaderswhowanttogetmoreinsight,moreunderstanding,andmorepleasurefromtheirreading.

【作者简介】

TomFosterisProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofMichigan,Flint,whereheteachesclassesincontemporaryfiction,dramaandpoetryaswellascreativewritingandcomposition.Hehaswrittenseveralbooksontwentieth-centuryBritishandIrishliteratureandpoetryandlivesinEastLansing,Michigan.