TTC Video Art of Reading

You definitely know how to read. But do you know how to read artfully? Unlike everyday reading, artful readingпїЅthe way we read novels and short storiesпїЅis less about reading for specific information and more about reading to revel in the literary experience.It involves recognizing how a story's particular narrative style affects your connection with its characters,why authors choose to hint at meanings instead of just writing them out for you, how the organization of a novel into distinct chapters can affect your engagement with its plot, and much more.
When you approach a work of fiction the way you do an e-mail or report or newspaper, you miss out on all of this. You're not getting everything you should out of the reading experience. Learning the skills and techniques of artful reading can improve your life in many ways.



* If you're a fiction reader, they can make your first reading of a new novel or short story feel as rewarding as a second or third reading, and they can give you new perspectives on works you already cherish.
* If you're an aspiring writer, they can help you understand the methods that great writers use to tackle literary conceptsпїЅsuccessful methods you can then apply to your own writing.
* If you're a book club member, they can enliven discussions and provide your group with engaging activities to create even deeper appreciations of the works you're reading.
* If you're a student, they can improve and enhance the close reading skills essential to success in high school, college, and beyond.

And the best part: These skills are not difficult or unwieldy; rather, they are well within your reach. According to award-winning Professor Timothy Spurgin, who has made a career of enlightening students about the benefits of artful reading, great readers are made, not born.

This idea forms the core of The Art of Reading, Professor Spurgin's entertaining 24-lecture course that brings together concepts and techniques rarely found in a single package. Teaching with an engaging and conversational style, he gives you the knowledge and methods to approach even the most daunting reading experience with increased confidence.



Course Lecture Titles
01. Artful Reading and Everyday Reading
02. Authors, Real and Implied
03. NarratorsпїЅTheir Voices and Their Visions
04. CharactersпїЅBeyond Round and Flat
05. DescriptionsпїЅPeople, Places, and Things
06. Minimalists to Maximalists to Lyricists
07. Explosive DevicesпїЅIrony and Ambiguity
08. Reading for the PlotпїЅFive Simple Words
09. Master PlotsпїЅThe Stranger and the Journey
10. The Game Is AfootпїЅSherlock Holmes
11. The Plot ThickensпїЅScott and Bronte
12. The Plot VanishesпїЅFaulkner and Woolf
13. Chapters, Patterns, and Rhythms
14. Scene and Summary, Showing and Telling
15. Subtexts, Motives, and Secrets
16. DialogueпїЅThe Good, the Bad, the Ugly
17. MetafictionпїЅFiction about Fiction
18. AdaptationпїЅFrom Fiction to Film
19. Realism Times Four
20. Thumbs Up?пїЅInterpretation and Evaluation
21. A Long Short StoryпїЅ"Runaway"
22. A Classic NovelпїЅThe Age of Innocence
23. A Baggy MonsterпїЅWar and Peace
24. Picking Up the Tools