Analyze Anything
A Guide to Critical Reading and Writing
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2012
224 pages
978-1-4411-5558-0 (ISBN)
Description
How well can you decode the signs that permeate our daily lives? All of us, consciously or not, constantly engage in the acts of reading and interpreting the signs in the world around us. But how do we sharpen these skills, deepen our awareness of meaning in a complex world, and ultimately reach our full potential as university writers? This book answers the needs of students of composition, culture studies, and literature, providing a process-orientated guide to analyzing anything.
Reviews / Votes
This is an excellent tool for knowledge-making inside and outside the classroom. 'An excellent book about how to develop critical judgement, and a very lively exploration of human understanding. Analyze Anything does what it claims, and it does it with style.' Critical thinking skills are at the core of the Humanities and here is one of the few books that explains how to analyse systematically. This is a 'how to' book for literature students but also for anyone interested in how to critique the world around them.It looks at symbols, layers, approaches, and techniques, but what's more it explains why they're important. Like all the best study guides this is a clear, accessible, and readable textbook that will greatly help students improve the ways they think and write.More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-5558-0 (9781441155580)
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Book
06/2012
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€48.90
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Persons
Gregory Fraser is Associate Professor of English at the University of West Georgia, USA.
Chad Davidson is Associate Professor of English at the University of West Georgia, USA.
Chad Davidson is Associate Professor of English at the University of West Georgia, USA.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Choosing a Sign to Analyze
3. Questioning and Staging the Sign
4. Generating Ideas about Meaning
5. Building Essays around Your Ideas
6. Analytical Exercises
Bibliography
Index
2. Choosing a Sign to Analyze
3. Questioning and Staging the Sign
4. Generating Ideas about Meaning
5. Building Essays around Your Ideas
6. Analytical Exercises
Bibliography
Index
