Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote to the works of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and today's masters, the novel has grown with and adapted to changing societies and technologies, mixing tradition and innovation in every age throughout history.
Thomas C. Foster—the sage and scholar who ingeniously led readers through the fascinating symbolic codes of great literature in his first book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor—now examines the grammar of the popular novel. Exploring how authors' choices about structure—point of view, narrative voice, first page, chapter construction, character emblems, and narrative (dis)continuity—create meaning and a special literary language, How to Read Novels Like a Professor shares the keys to this language with readers who want to get more insight, more understanding, and more pleasure from their reading.
Tom Foster is Professor of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he teaches classes in contemporary fiction, drama and poetry as well as creative writing and composition. He has written several books on twentieth-century British and Irish literature and poetry and lives in East Lansing, Michigan.
别的我不知道,但是鲁迅一定是中学课本里接受最多人嘲讽的作者,原因不是别的而是那句:我家门前有两棵树,一棵是枣树,另一棵也是枣树。 早在第一次看到这句话的时候,我的内心毫无波澜,甚至有点想笑。鲁迅这作家怎么能写出这样的句子?于是我在当周的周记上写:我有两个水杯...
评分 评分如何阅读一本小说 By 托马斯·福斯特 最有效的叙事结构:线性叙事,围绕个人成长或走向崩溃而展开情节。 能够让读者投入感情的人物,提供情绪快感的清晰的情节。 小说开头最先告诉我们的信息:谁?什么事情?在哪里?什么时候?怎么回事?为什么?它的的意图。它的讽喻。 叙...
评分开篇法则:开篇是如何阅读小说的第一课。 虚构地点法则:一个虚构作品里的地点绝不是真的地方,但必须表现的真实。 谁在说话法则:虚构作品的叙述者是想象和语言的产物,跟小说中的人物或事件一样。 叙述不可信法则:当你看见“我”一词,就不要再相信叙述者。 听懂声音法则:...
评分笔调很可爱,读书时会笑起来的文学理论入门。有的例子没读过,有部分甚至完全没听说过【捂脸。虽然标题说like a prof. 但事实上也常聚焦于阅读体验,很多处get梗的开心,让我想把常书中提到我却没读过的几本补起来。 作者是John Fowles的真爱,提到侦探小说时混合着嘲讽和自豪【?的语调也超可爱
评分Better than the Lit one
评分废话连篇,言之无物,充斥着无处不在的低级的文字游戏。作者始终在避实就虚,蜻蜓点水,说些人所共知的话,对于如何感受和把握小说则几无分析可言。章节标题取得哗众取宠,似乎深得营销学真传,内容则不过是包装过的空壳而已。
评分Better than the Lit one
评分后面几章有点无力了
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