How to Read Literature like a Professor Chapter 1- Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not): • Quest consists of a knight‚ a dangerous road‚ a Holy Grail‚ a dragon‚ one evil knight‚ and one princess • Quest elements: a. quester b. place to go c. stated reason to go there d. challenges & trails e. real reason to go there- never involves stated reason • Real reason for quest is always self-knowledge • “always” and “never” have very little meaning in literature Chapter 2- Nice to Eat with You:
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In the interlude and the eleventh chapter of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor‚ Foster analyzes the different effects violence has in literature. Firstly‚ Foster distinguishes that there are two different types of violence in literature. The first form of violence is when a specific injury is brought upon a character by themselves or another character through “shootings‚ stabbings‚ garrotings‚ drownings‚ poisonings‚ bludgeonings‚ bombings” and other harmful means (96). Contrasting
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Alexis Carino 7/31/10 Paragraph Reviews Chapter One: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) In the opening chapter of Thomas C. Foster’s book‚ he explains the importance of a Quest. It is quite hard to figure out a quest‚ Foster explains that in an example about a young boy who goes to the supermarket and encounters his “nemesis.” Quests are the core base of a story since it involves just about everything a story is trying to portray. For example it includes the quester‚ a place to go‚ a
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Blake Allen How to Read Literature like a Professor Foster Allen Introduction memory symbol pattern These basic examples of literary analysis can be found in most literature from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Paper town. Every Trip is a Quest “a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason‚ challenges and trials en route‚ and a real reason” real reason is always self-knowledge In Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo goes to the Capulet party because his friends dragged him along but the real reason was so
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In “How to Read Literature like a Professor” Foster conveys new insight to books and movies. He explains about literature that isn’t just on the surface. He explains how the author chooses the correct season to put the movie in. Foster talks about the true meaning of flight. He also tells of what water means. The movie The Longest Ride connects with chapter 20. The movie is set at the end of summer about to be the start of summer. An art student‚ Sophia‚ is about to graduate from college and
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Aug 2012 Observations for How to Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster Introduction: How’d He Do That? 1. Literature has a set of codes and rules‚ a set of conventions and patterns. 2. Conventions are used‚ observed‚ anticipated‚ and then fulfilled. 3. The three things that differentiate a professional reader from those less experienced are: memory‚ symbol and pattern. 4. A “Faustian bargain” is like making a deal with the devil. Chapter One: Every Trip Is a Quest
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How to Read Literature like a Professor Chapter 1: We learn the basics of a quest in a book or novel. The author says a quest can be any kind of journey. He uses a kid‚ named Kip‚ who runs to the store to pick up some bread for his parents. Along the way he sees the girl he asked out‚ a bully named Troy‚ and his ’68 ‘Cuda. When we hear or read the word “quest”‚ we think of an epic hero coming from a faraway land‚ who faces an obstacle‚ trials‚ a protagonist‚ and love story. To have a quest you
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Shelby Oglesby Question one. Chapters five of ’ how to read literature like a professor’ tells us that ; nothing is original‚ that everything is taken from something that has previously been told of a or wrote about. The road by Cormac McCarthy abides by this. When i was in the eight grade I read The Picture of Dorian Grey‚ When i was in the ninth grade i read The Twilight Saga‚ and last week i read Fifty Shades of Grey. All three of the listed books are derived from one another ‚ in all three
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (Notes) Introduction: “How’d He Do That?” Part of reading is: o Knowing conventions o Recognizing conventions o Anticipating results When a person introduces a topic‚ then digresses onto other topics it doesn’t matter what examples‚ as soon as you see a couple of them you recognize a pattern. o You know the author is coming back with an application of those examples to the main topic. Conventions in stories/novels: o
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How To Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) In Chapter 1 the author explains the symbolic reasoning of why a character takes a trip. They don’t just take a trip they take a quest. Structurally a quest has a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges and trials en route‚ and a reason to go there. Quests usually involve characters such as a knight‚ a dangerous road‚ a Holy Grail‚ a dragon‚ an evil knight‚ and a princess
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