DVD.

Each accompanying course guidebook includes a glossary, biographical notes, and a bibliography.

24 lectures (30 min. each).

"Course no. 2198."

Producers, Tony Hidenrick and Jaim�ee M. Aigret ; academic content supervisor, Marcy McDonald ; editor, Tony Hidenrick.

Timothy Spurgin, Lawrence University.

disc 1. Lectures 1-6. Artful reading and everyday reading -- Authors, real and impled -- Narrators : their voices and their visions -- Characters : beyond round and flat -- Descriptions : people, places, and the things -- Minimalists to maximalists to lyricists -- disc 2. Lectures 7-12. Explosive devices : irony and ambiguity -- Reading for the plot : five simple words -- Master plots : the stranger and the journey -- The game is afoot : Sherlock Holmes -- The plot thickens : Scott and Bronte -- The plot vanishes: Faulkner and Woolf -- disc 3. Lectures 13-18. Chapters, patterns and rhythms -- Scene and summary, showing and telling -- Subtexts, motives, and secrets -- Dialogue : the good, the bad the ugly -- Metafiction: fiction about fiction -- Adaptation: from fiction to film -- Lectures 19-24. Realism times four -- Thumbs up? : interpretation and evaluation -- A long short story -- A classic novel : The age of innocence -- A baggy monster : War and peace -- Picking up the tools.

The Art of Reading is about the wonderful feeling of engaging with a novel or short story on all levels and learning how artful readers think about and approach the works they read. Whether you're someone who loves curling up with a good book, a writer who is looking for insights into how to get inside your readers' minds, or a student who wants to contribute to class discussions, there's something for you to find in this course.24-lecture course that brings together concepts and techniques rarely found in a single package.