Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Ways of Reading is a well-established core textbook that provides the reader with the tools to analyze and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts.
Six sections, split into self-contained units with their own activities and notes for further reading, cover:
- techniques and problem-solving
- language variation
- attributing meaning
- poetic uses of language
- narrative
- media texts.
This third edition has been redesigned and updated throughout with many fresh examples and exercises, updated further reading suggestions and new material on electronic sources and the Internet, language and power, and drama.
Synopsis
"Ways of Reading" is now an even more effective text for readers who want to increase their abilities to analyze and interpret both literary and non-literary texts. This new edition features added coverage of email and internet styles, print journalism, radio and television texts, and literary texts including preformance, drama, oral poetry and film adaptation.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-358) and indexes.