South Eastern Kenya University

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Approaching literature :

Schakel, Peter J.

Approaching literature : writing + reading + thinking / Peter Schakel, Jack Ridl. - 2nd ed. - Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. - xli, 1646 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[This book] offers [an] entry to literature for all students, whatever their previous exposure to fiction, poetry, and drama. It contributes to a richer, more dynamic and valuable reading experience for students while in class, and demonstrates why and how reading is an important part of their lives in school and beyond. [The text] leads students to consider the human value of reading any effective literary work. By focusing on the reading process, it expands the notion of what a work is "about": It is about a lot of things, not a single topic or theme that readers must figure out through what to many beginning students seems a mysterious and esoteric method.... The emphasis on "active reading" throughout the text leads directly into student writing. -Pref.

9780312452834 (pbk.) 0312452837 (pbk.)

2007934305


College readers.
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.
Reading (Higher education)--Problems, exercises, etc.
Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.
American literature.

PE1417 / .S34 2008

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