Well, I am a tudent studying the Foreign Literature in Taiwan.
I am asked to read the book ,The Norton Anthology of Western Literature.
Yet, this great collection much annoys me, and I find it difficult to read the book
from begining to end. I wonder know how american students finished reading the
book. In this way, I might get a chance to develope my way to deal with the book.
thank you!! : )
The first thing that I had to do when reading your question was to chuckle (Laugh). Why you might ask? Because only a Masters or PHD candidate would have to read the whole thing straight through. That is a bunch of pages of small print. It is so large that I would say that unless you are getting quizzed on every story, then you should try to hit the highlights of it. I was an English major (did not finish, but came very close) and it would impossible to really be able master all of those pages in a semester. However if I were to undertake the challenge for fun, I would go through and skip the stories, I had already read. Then I would read as many of the ones I could get into first. Some stories are better than others and will keep your attention longer. Then I would go back and read the shorter entries of the ones I had skipped. By the time I came to face the long ones that were difficult the first time around, maybe I would have the discipline to just power through and maybe gain new insight into what the authors were trying to say. Good luck with your studies.
Oh and if you are getting quizzed take notes as you read for sure.
July 5th, 2010 at 7:30 am
The first thing that I had to do when reading your question was to chuckle (Laugh). Why you might ask? Because only a Masters or PHD candidate would have to read the whole thing straight through. That is a bunch of pages of small print. It is so large that I would say that unless you are getting quizzed on every story, then you should try to hit the highlights of it. I was an English major (did not finish, but came very close) and it would impossible to really be able master all of those pages in a semester. However if I were to undertake the challenge for fun, I would go through and skip the stories, I had already read. Then I would read as many of the ones I could get into first. Some stories are better than others and will keep your attention longer. Then I would go back and read the shorter entries of the ones I had skipped. By the time I came to face the long ones that were difficult the first time around, maybe I would have the discipline to just power through and maybe gain new insight into what the authors were trying to say. Good luck with your studies.
Oh and if you are getting quizzed take notes as you read for sure.
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