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

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