Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature /
Montgomery, Martin,
Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature / Martin Montgomery [and others]. - Third edition. - xii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index.
Basic techniques and problem-solving. Asking questions as a way into reading ; Using information sources ; Analysing units of structure ; Recognizing genre -- Language variation. Language and time ; Language and place ; Language and context : register ; Language and gender ; Language and society -- Attributing meaning. Metaphor and figurative language ; Irony ; Juxtaposition ; Intertextuality and allusion ; Authorship and intention ; Positioning the reader or spectator -- Poetic form. Rhyme and sound patterning ; Verse, metre and rhythm ; Parallelism ; Deviation -- Narrative. Narrative ; Narrative point of view ; Speech and narration ; Narrative realism -- Media : from text to performance. Film and prose fiction ; Ways of reading drama ; Literature in performance.
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English literature--Problems, exercises, etc.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
PR21 / .W39 2007
808.0427
Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature / Martin Montgomery [and others]. - Third edition. - xii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index.
Basic techniques and problem-solving. Asking questions as a way into reading ; Using information sources ; Analysing units of structure ; Recognizing genre -- Language variation. Language and time ; Language and place ; Language and context : register ; Language and gender ; Language and society -- Attributing meaning. Metaphor and figurative language ; Irony ; Juxtaposition ; Intertextuality and allusion ; Authorship and intention ; Positioning the reader or spectator -- Poetic form. Rhyme and sound patterning ; Verse, metre and rhythm ; Parallelism ; Deviation -- Narrative. Narrative ; Narrative point of view ; Speech and narration ; Narrative realism -- Media : from text to performance. Film and prose fiction ; Ways of reading drama ; Literature in performance.
0415346339 9780415346337 0415346347 9780415346344
English literature--Problems, exercises, etc.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
PR21 / .W39 2007
808.0427