Should I read how to read literatur elike a proffesor or how to read a book or is it a meme?I've only read like 5 books before and 6 of them were picture books
Why would you want to read like a professor?Literally none of them are notable.
1. Pick up a book, a real book. Don't bother with this second-hand bullshit. Just make sure it's someone easy, like Bronte, Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, not Joyce/Faulkner/Pinecone2. Get a Norton Critical Edition. Read the introduction, read the essays at the end, realise that some of them are insightful and some are downright retarded3. If you really like a book, use google scholar + Anna's Archive/scihub and find more material on it4. Go back to step 1
>>25164212Read both, how to read literature like a professor deals with fiction mostly and How to read a book by Adler is really about reading expository texts
>>25164237I'm not reading your academia niggerslopshit. Anything worth talking about would be in a youtube video essay
>>25164212Read literary criticism on works you know and like. For me it was Tolkien and McCarthy. Realize the absolute garbage these people publish and do their thesis on. Forever devalue the entire concept of literary criticism as an advanced larp circlejerk.
>>25164212>how to read literature like a professorSucks. The poetry one is better.
>>25164212“How to Read a Book” by Mortimer Adler is certainly useful if you haven’t read much and require a remedial education in reading comprehension. Though, really you can get by with his short article “How To Mark A Book”, which is a summated version of his book, including the actionable tips without the unnecessary nuance for beginners by subdividing and segregating reading strategies by genre.https://emu.edu/writing-program/docs/Adler.pdf
>>25165149I read the HTRAB but it didn't go deep enough. To really digest a book, you need to think about and using the ideas in the book to really grasp it. What he teaches you to do is how to navigate a book, but not how to learn its contents.
I dont like that he spoils the ending to several books in the introduction.
>>25164212Read something actually interesting instead of trying to roleplay as a professor.
>>25166425Its supposed to help you absorb knowledge efficiently.
