“Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.” -- Aldous Huxley
Why do we read? It seems like a simple question, but I find that the more I think about it the more it puzzles and eludes me. Why do we read? What is the place of reading in my life?
This course is your opportunity to struggle with this question. You will be reading lots and lots (and lots) and working with our class and individually to try to come to terms with what literature means to you. Through discussion, essay writing, seminar presentations and a self-directed inquiry paper, you will be asked to think deeply and critically about the art of writing and the experience of the reader.
Ultimately, this course will play a role in preparing you for university studies in the humanities by challenging you to read more carefully, think more deeply, and write more precisely about literature.
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Note: Kite Runner quiz is postponed to November 10.
Ebsco through our library
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid
Login: Cawthra Password: Park
Select Student Research Centre
Search by topic: English and Language Arts
Search in: any/all you choose
Search by: Topic, era, genre, author, work -- anything!
Links:
University of Toronto English Library Glossary of Literary Theory
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/headerindex.html
Author Guides http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html
This directory is an index of indexes. It contains pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with specific writers. Admittedly, most of these authors are "literary." I have not included many authors from genres such as science fiction or romance.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture -- culture website
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4799560.ece words they are deleting