Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively
easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we
can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style'
and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them
fully and how they can enrich our reading experience?
How should we approach the works of great writers such
as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Charles Dickens and
Jane Austen? And what can we hope to learn from
apparently difficult ideas such as 'hermeneutics',
'affective fallacy' and 'bricolage'? 50 Literature Ideas
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enjoyment of reading and writing. |
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