How to Read Literature Like a Professor Presentations
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Presentations Cassie Herald Tanner Wilson Honors English IV
Introduction • HTRLLAP is a book by Thomas Foster that discusses how to read beyond the lines of text in literature, and look into something much greater. • The book covers many topics, over 20 chapters of different topics that Foster explores. • With each topic, he goes in-depth of how to not only look at text on the lines, but between and beyond the lines.
“…More Than It’s Going to Hurt You: Concerning Violence” • This is Chapter 11 in Foster’s book. • Literally, this chapter is over violence. • It discusses the main points that violence plays in a work of literature. • These points vary.
Main Points • Violence can create symbolism, a metaphor, and can create a theme. • Violence is all throughout literature. • Real life violence compared to violence in literature. • Death, weight, and burden. • Accidents are not just accidents.
Examples in HTRLLAP • Beloved • D. H. Lawrence, William Faulkner. • Slavery.
The Kite Runner Overview • Amir, Baba, Hassan, Assef, Sohrab, Rahim Khan… • A kid who has a friend that is a servant and after a kite fight, both lives are changed forever. • Themes and metaphors.
Violence in The Kite Runner • Rape. • Stoning. • Fighting.
Relationship Between HTRLLAP and The Kite Runner • Rape scene makes the plot advance. • Also related to Faulkner. • Stoning- Weight and burden. • Sins. • Fight for redemption. • Real life vs. literature.
Slavery • Slavery in HTRLLAP compared to The Kite Runner. • Taliban vs. slave owners. • Control over a race, using extreme force. • Metaphor.
Other Works Relating to Violence • Of Mice and Men • George shooting Lennie. • Lennie squishing Curly’s hand. • The Great Gatsby • Tom Buchanan hitting Myrtle. • Myrtle being hit by Daisy. • Gatsby laying dead in the pool. • The Hunger Games • Violence everywhere.
Closing • Any Questions?
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