Cengage Learning The Literary Experience

Product Description Bruce Beiderwell and Jeff Wheeler know that studying literature can be intimidating because of the specialized terminology and categorization. Rather than focusing first on terms or definitions, THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE helps you develop the skills to understand and appreciate literature by organizing the book and beginning each discussion by asking the same questions that you really ask yourself when you read a text - questions like "What happened and why do we care?" or "Who is involved and why does it matter?". With THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE, you will learn all of the literary terms you need to share your experience while you engage in the poems, stories and plays themselves. Review "I like that approach. It should help the students focus on reading the text per se, as opposed to reading "the genre." And students need all the help they can get synthesizing. I'm also hoping that so many of my students who love film but aren't sure about their commitment to reading will see the commonality of "reading" a film and reading a text, and might be encouraged to read more."