Leer como un profesor

Aunque muchos libros pueden ser disfrutados simplemente por la historia que cuentan, a menudo hay significados literarios más profundos que suelen pasar inadvertidos. Esta guía nos muestra lo fácil y gratificante que es descubrir estas verdades escondidas, y entrar en un mundo
en el que todo camino es una misión, toda comida un vínculo, y la lluvia, purificadora o destructiva, nunca es simplemente lluvia.

Un clásico, revisado y actualizado por el autor, para aprender a leer entre líneas.

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster «classic guide» a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.

While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. Leer como un profesor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes and the literary codes-of the ultimate professional reader, the college professor.

What does it mean when a literary hero is traveling along a dusty road? When he hands a drink to his companion? When he is drenched in a sudden rain shower?

Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices and form, Thomas C. Foster provides us with a broad overview of literature a world where a road leads to a quest, a shared meal may signify a communion, and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just a shower-and shows us how to make our reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.

This revised edition includes new chapters, a new preface and epilogue, and incorporates updated teaching points that Foster has developed over the past decade.