By high school graduation, students have been exposed to a variety of reading materials and a variety of authors, from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to the works of Fitzgerald, Orwell, Dickens, and Twain. But, too often, the nuances of literature and non fiction are delivered by teachers who explain the narrator s point of view, drill down to the book s structure, even explore aspects of the writer s life and times that influenced the work. Rarely are students - or any other reader - taught to do the analysis for themselves.
It's no surprise, then, that readers are sometimes at a loss in a college literature class or a reading group, wondering why "everyone else" seems to grasp the writer s intent - except them. Were they absent the day critical reading was taught?
'The Complete Idiot's Guide To Critical Reading' offers eager readers a professor in a book who will teach them the skills they need to read critically on their own
