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The Art of Reading
- Narrated by: Timothy Spurgin
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Artful reading - the way we read novels and short stories - is less about reading for specific information and more about reading to revel in the literary experience. Learning the skills and techniques of artful reading can improve your life in many ways, whether you're a fiction reader, an aspiring writer, a book club member, or a student.
And the best part: These skills are not difficult or unwieldy; rather, they are well within your reach. This entertaining, 24-lecture course gives you a veritable toolbox of knowledge and methods to approach even the most daunting reading experience with increased confidence.
You'll learn the definitions and characteristics of terms such as authorship, master plot, and genre. While some of these nuts-and-bolts concepts may be familiar to you, Professor Spurgin examines them from multiple angles, revealing hidden meanings that can escape even experienced readers.
Practical tips and techniques will maximize your effectiveness as an artful reader. You'll see why holding an initial reading session will acquaint you with the author's writing style and the characters, making the book easy to return to even if you take a few days off.
You'll also discover the benefits of "pre-reading" - exploring a book's organization and structure - and how to constantly ask questions to become more deeply involved with the characters and their stories.
Throughout the course, a host of literary "case studies" will refine and elaborate on the concepts of artful reading. Literary examples show how you can finally approach works that, in the past, might have seemed intimidating - making your future reading experiences both more engaging and more enlightening.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
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- Troy
- 08-14-15
Practical for Readers and Writers
If you're a writer or a literary-minded reader, this set of lectures is insightful and immeasurably practical. The idea is teach styles and literary devices through example of works of great literature. Many of the examples used were not necessarily in my wheelhouse of normal reading, but the lessons still came across easily.
Prof. Spurgin is, on the whole, a good educator. His presentation is clear and well-constructed. I was often distracted, however, his delivery. It came. Across. At times like. William. Shatner. Should have. Been speaking. Ok, perhaps it wasn't quite as bad as all of that, but once noticed, it cannot be unnoticed. If you try this title out, apologies in advance for ruining that for you.
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- Phebe
- 07-21-15
Deepens my reading
Excellent! A charming, humorous teacher and many tips about how to see more in the fiction I'm going to read anyway. This is basically an introductory course on literary analysis, I'd say, and I loved the concepts of watching for the initial destabilizing event, and the two "master plots" --- a stranger comes to town, or the hero takes a journey. I liked the free indirect voice, the narrator voice that slides over into the psyche of the main character in descriptions. I liked a lot of the examples, most of which I was familiar with. I skipped the Russians and the experimental fiction of the early 20th century such as Ulysses and Virginia Woolf's stuff -------- because sometimes in life you have to make an executive decision not to bother with yucky stuff that's more a puzzle than a good read. Same with his discussion of Portnoy's Complaint: I bought that long ago because the New York Review of Books said to, and halfway through stared at it in dismay and distaste and realized something important: I was out of school, and never never never in my life ever again had to read anything disgusting because some poseur said I had to. (And I never renewed the NY Review of Books, either.) So none of our prof's "must reads" actually are musts, after all, because we are grown up. We can apply his tips to the books we like to read.
Also, I was puzzled at the prof's topic of "metanovels," novels about novels. Good, I thought, because there are a LOT of novels and short stories about writing, or books, or somebody stealing another person's writings, and I like thrillers with that topic. But it turned out to be a lecture on some wildly experimental fiction that sounded to me like "magical realism," that school of writing which bitter British writers say is simply fantasy by writers who happen to live in South America. However, I figure a lit prof is inevitably going to drag in some books nobody actually reads and short the popular ones: it's inevitable. He did NOT drag in Ahab and That Hated Whale, but he did have a good general lecture on descriptions, short or long.
Quick and light lecture series, I recommend it. I'm going to see if he's done any others.
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- Jessica Simonetti
- 06-03-16
Very informative and unexpectedly funny
I expected a lot from this series of lectures: inspiration to read (even) more, freshening up my college knowledge, learning new things and the opportunity to do all that whilst commuting by bus looking like a serious young business woman.
Unfortunately, the narrator is so enthusiastic and driven that a serious listening attitude was not always applicable and at times I found myself unexpectedly giggling at best, squeaking audibly with delight at worst. How I would have loved to be in this professor's class room!
The lectures are well organized and clear, the narrator keeps a nice pace and is very easy to understand.
Additionally, through these lectures I have discovered some intriguing new titles to try my new found expert reading skills on.
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- Karen Vasquez
- 08-02-20
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I originally chose this title to find something to help me fall asleep. I was surprised at how interested I became in the content and I'm a more observant reader for it.
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- sarah
- 09-14-19
Understanding the craft of writing as a reader
When reading a book, I wanted to be more understanding/ mindful of what ingredients are used to distinguish a great book from mediocre ones. This was the right book for this objective.
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- An Amazonian
- 12-05-20
Excellent
Excellent. The best feature is the inclusion of practical games to improve your close reading.
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- eclectic reader
- 04-09-18
Enriches reading including audiobook reading
I see why the instructors students think so much of him. He provides a sense that he is personally concerned about you and demonstrates his enthusiasm for the subject.
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- Gines Pasamonte
- 07-30-21
Great Course. Great Insights.
If you’ve neglected reading fiction for years like I have, listening to this course will reignite your desire to sink in to sone literature. Professor Spurgin is informative, thoughtful and engaging. He presents many insights to reading, thinking about and enjoying fiction that will whet your appetite to sink into the stories and novels he discusses in the course. The course presents the art of reading in a linear fashion that will lead you from books that are easy to digest on to more challenging fare. He starts at Huckleberry Finn and works up to The War and Peace. If you like to read you will get a lot from this course.
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- C. Sneed
- 07-24-13
Endurance
The content is good. I don't like the cheap, synthetic applause that opens each lecture. I want to want to listen to this, and as lectures go, it's good. Still, it's a lecture. I could be listening to something more entertaining. If your focus is on writing better, then dive in. And yes, it does help appreciate good writing. But be warned, endurance is required to get through these.
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- Abraham Lincoln
- 10-26-21
Thoroughly enjoyable!
I’ve “taken” many of the Great Courses, but this was the best so far. The narration is melodic and clear despite a couple mistakes that probably were sound editing issues rather than narrator error. Far more importantly, the lectures were organized, detailed without being pedantic, and offered a pain-free (and affordable!) education. Thanks, Dr. Spurgin!
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- Annie B
- 06-26-17
A Great Guide for Fiction Writers
Any additional comments?
Professor Spurgin knows his stuff and while the Art of Reading will be useful to lovers of books, it tends to be more of a guide to writing fiction. This lecture series will be valuable to beginning writers and more experienced ones too. If anything, it teaches you how to read like a writer--and the most important thing a writer should do is read!
Overall, the narration is good, and well paced, but occasionally Prof Spurgin seems to slip into some weird phrasing, a kind of HALTING. WAY. OF. SPEAKING. This mostly happens when he's reading a passage from a book or if he's trying to sound more enthusiastic about something. It reminds me of the Rabbi on Seinfeld. Not the end of the world though, but now that I've mentioned it I bet you won't be able to ignore it! Ha.
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- James
- 01-01-21
Interesting subject
It's a shame this lecturer is so condescending. "Don't you think I'm so wonderful?" is what I hear beneath every rhetorical flourish.
But there's enough stuff in here to make it an interesting listen.
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- Cambell
- 09-10-16
Great overview for students
Whether you are a student at school or a lifelong learner, this series will help you to get the most from the fiction you are reading, and break it down for analysis, as well as enjoyment. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this course.
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- mitch
- 02-08-15
I used it as a guide for a reading journey
Pretty action packed near the end and full of great examples of how to delve into the art of reading. There are countless references to books worth reading and why. Most importantly it encourages you to get to the how of deep reading.