Daily Archives: September 15, 2009

Close Literary Reading 101: Noticing Narration

I thought it might be fun (at least for me) to lay out, in a series of short blog posts, some of the basic terms and ideas that I present to my students when talking about the “close reading” of literary texts. … Continue reading

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I Love this Penn & Teller Segment on Bottled Water

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From the BBC Documentary, “The Day I Died”: Pam Reynolds’s Truly Mind Blowing Near Death Experience

I’m an agnostic, but Pam Reynolds’s story blows my mind. And if you’re an outright atheist, watch the two clips below very, very carefully, because Pam Reynolds’s story is a pretty good reason not to be terribly confident that you’re … Continue reading

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Close Literary Reading 101: Stories and Style

I thought it might be fun (at least for me) to lay out, in a series of short blog posts, some of the basic terms and ideas that I present to my students when talking about the “close reading” of literary texts. Maybe … Continue reading

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