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How to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical Approaches and Skills

Autor Dr Neil McCaw
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 sep 2013
Now in its second edition,How to Read Textsintroduces students to key critical approaches to literary texts and offers a practical introduction for students developing their own critical and close-reading skills. Written in a lively, jargon-free style, it explains critical concepts, approaches and ideas including: - Debates around critical theory - The role of history and context - The links between creativity and criticism - The relationship between author, reader and text. The new edition now includes guidance on analysing a range of multi-media texts, including film and online media as well as the purely literary. In addition to new practical examples, readings, exercises and 'checkpoints' that help students to build confidence in their own critical readings of both primary and secondary texts, the book now also offers guidance on writing fully-formed critical essays and tips for independent research. Comprehensively updated and revised throughout,How to Read Textsis an indispensible guide for students making the transition to university study.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441190666
ISBN-10: 144119066X
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Updated second edition helps students analyse a wide-range of multi-media texts beyond the literary.

Notă biografică

Neil McCawis Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester, UK.

Cuprins

1. What is a Text and What Do We Do With It?Thinking about texts Texts in the digital age Terminology and differences Levels of reading Theories of reading2. Creative ReadingWhat is criticism? What is creativity? Being critical and creative Reading as a critic vs. reading as a writer Creativity and/as research3. Close ReadingThe history of close readingThe benefits of close readingThe problems with close reading New ways of applying close-reading-skillsResearching texts close-up4. Biography and AuthorshipThe role of the authorThe significance of biographyLife-writingThe limitations of author-centred approachesResearching authors5. History and ContextsHow history fits in Other types of contextA critique of historical readingThe strengths of historical readingResearching contexts6. Reading TheoreticallyWhat is theory?The origins of theoryThe impact of theory The achievements of theory After theory Conclusion: Reading Now! Notes Bibliography Index

Recenzii

How to Read Textsis filled with a passion for reading and for authorship. Lively and approachable, this is a great book for anyone interested in how we approach the texts we encounter in our lives.
Neil McCaw'sHow to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical Approaches and Skillsoffers an invaluable and expansive introduction to the often vexing worlds of avant-garde critical theory and literary interpretation. Yet even more significantly, McCaw challenges us to discover our own critical voices, to seek out brave new textual frontiers of our own making, and to think creatively about the nature and direction of our reading experiences. Suitable for academic and general readers alike,How to Read Textsaffords us with the attendant tools and historical background for unlocking and appreciating the rich texts that mark our lives.
How to Read Textswill encourage both students - and, as importantly, their teachers - to re-think the very basics of reading and analysing texts.
With a solid set of appendixes and an index,How to Read Textsis enthusiastically recommended for those facing a tough pile of books in their future.
How to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical Approaches and Skillsoffers high school and college-level students a fine survey of critical theory paired with exercises and checklists to help students in their own readings of primary and secondary texts. Students learn how to gain confidence in their skills and learn the methods of recognizing and challenging assumptions in this fine survey of critical thinking skills.