Literature Town (Part 1)
Literature Town - How not to get lost in texts A very common problem for students and teachers (and people generally I guess) when dealing with literature is the sheer amount of it, and the seemingly endless accumulation of titles, authors, movements, sub-movements and the chronology of it all. Where does this one fit? When did that one write? Do those two belong to the same movement? Is the Naturalistic novel the same as Modern? Who’s that guy? What did she write? When was that? The answer, of course, is simple: read it all and you’ll find out. Or you could do worse than reading the excellent little book by Pierre Bayard (a University professor of Literature): ‘ How to talk about books you haven’t read ’ – don’t be fooled by the title, it’s light-hearted but deadly serious too, and enormously useful. Or you could read on right here 😊 Because the answer to the problem stated above can be given in one word: Connections . T he problem is to do with getting a cohesive vision