Approaching Texts: Line by Line
Here’s a tricky one: Students – I know this from experience – are often a little slapdash in their approach to textual analysis. Seriously. Writing with a flamboyant flourish, they will make sweeping claims about the texts they read without focusing closely on detail – the little tucked away word, the self-effacing comma, positioned just so, that can mean so much. So, you say in response, teach them to pay attention...