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How do you read literature? 2017-04-06 10:14:56 Post No. 9347007
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I feel like a stupid person asking a stupid question.
Basically, how do you read literature? Is there a certain criteria by which literature is judged?
In high school and college all of my teachers emphasized interpretation and using examples of classic literature in my interpretations. I did well, and I felt like I get a lot out of reading it, but I also feel like there's something I'm not grasping.
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Usually I just read it from left to right.
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>>9347021
Hmm I just can't grasp it
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you went to college and still can't read? Maybe try getting a PhD in readology
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>>9347395
HMMM BUT I JUST CAN'T GRASP IT THO
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>>9347415
did you get the PhD yet? can you read this?
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You don't have to READ the literature if you instead become a representation of a person who has read the literature, thus becoming the sign rather than the signified, which sign signifies both actually reading the work and yourself, forsooth!
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>>9347417
Yes but only in the Japanese style - right to left
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>>9347458
maman est morte
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>>9347007
It's just about asking questions and thinking deeply about what you're reading.
Why does this plot go exactly the way it does?
What makes the characters change?
What is the significance of the prose style?
Is this object a symbol, and what does it mean?
What are the themes of the work? What is it really trying to say?
What happened in history that may be reflected or commented on in the work?
Overall, what makes this a beautiful, important, impressive work of literature? If that's not true, then why not?
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What is life?
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>>9347505
all those things are largely irrelevant, brainlet
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>>9347524
Explain.
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>>9347529
Those are questions someone who is beginning to write might ask and not ones an artist might ask.
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>>9347538
These are questions for a reader to ask.
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>>9347547
That statement brings completely nothing new to the table.
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>>9347555
Okay. I don't understand your point.
So how should you read literature? I'm interested in your method.
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>>9347505
Some of those questions I can ask and answer as I read while others I don't even think of asking.
I do have trouble with spotting significant symbolism in objects and events. I often find myself "experiencing" the fiction but very mindlessly I guess.
I have trouble understanding when to ask questions as well as what is actually relevant to ask. How do you increase awareness while reading?
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how to read a book
read literature like a professor
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