{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/678043ef60db7f66da40f157/69d86ec4cdaa3e377c460d71?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How to Read Literature like a Professor (2003) by Thomas C. Foster","description":"<p>Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald make it so hot at the Plaza Hotel? What was Will Andrews really finding on his quest in Butcher's Crossing? Why is Mina Plover reminiscent of a siren in The Land Breakers? Why did it storm the night before Caesar's death in Shakespeare's play? Are Astrophage from Project Hail Mary vampires? Author's use many different devices to craft their stories that we fall for every time. What if we had a guide that helped us read between what is literally there, and cross the river, baptizing ourselves in the figurative, and coming out the other side? Luckily Thomas C. Foster has done that for us, and now you too can read literature like a professor. It's not a superpower. It's just a matter of opening the mind. Jason Crockett joins us as we walk through Foster's compendium for literary devices, archetypes, and symbols.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for listening!</p><p><br></p><p>Resources for today's episode:</p><ul><li>How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Theme song for A Deadman's Books: Surfing! by automaticbananas</p><p><br></p><p>#booktube #booktok #bookstagram #ReadersofYouTube #Bookish #CurrentlyReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookLovers #Lit #Literature</p>","author_name":"DreamFactory Podcasts"}