One must be an inventor to read well. There s creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book becomes luminous with manifold allusion.
Every sentence is doubly significant, and the sense of our author is as broad as the world.
Students will learn about the scope and significance of this genre as they develop strategies for engaging teenagers with reading literature. In addition, students will participate in collaborative inquiry aimed at enhancing their awareness of different ways of theorizing reading and the study of literature. Emphasis will be placed throughout on using writing to learn and to connect with the learning of others. To learn about and experiment with techniques for enhancing our own and teenagers experiences with literature. To read and develop responses to essays written by literary theorists in order to engage with contrasting perspectives on the existence of literary works of art.