Introduction: How'd He Do That?

How do memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature? How does the recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature? Discuss a time when your appreciation of a literary work was enhanced by understanding symbol or pattern.

Chapter 1 - Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It's Not)

List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the form used on pages 3-5.

Chapter 2 - Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion

Choose a meal from a literary work and apply the ideas of Chapter 2 to this literary description.

Chapter 3 - Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires

What are the essentials of the Vampire story? Apply this to a literary work you have read
(or viewed).

Chapter 4 - If It's Square, It's a Sonnet

Select a sonnet (you may choose one from your textbook or another you find) and show which form it is. Discuss how the content reflects the form. List the sonnet used at top of page before your entry.

Chapter 5 - Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before?

Define intertextuality. Discuss two examples that have helped you in reading specific works.

Chapter 6 - When in Doubt, It's from Shakespeare ...

Discuss a work that you are familiar with that alludes to or reflects Shakespeare. Show how the author uses this connection thematically. Read pages 44-46 carefully. In these pages, Foster shows how Fugard reflects Shakespeare through both plot and theme. In your discussion, focus on theme.