如何读小说

How to Read a Novel

Get underneath the skin of a novel by understanding some of the main building blocks of modern fiction.

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爱丁堡大学
FutureLearn
  • 完成时间大约为 4
  • 初级
  • 英语
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你将学到什么

Identify key strategies used by authors to alter the temporal progression of the narrative.

Reflect on the effects generated by a narrative frame.

Evaluate novels for signs of narrative unreliability.

Discuss my reading of contemporary fiction with a large online learning community.

Explore ways of understanding character, such as behaviour, speech, and motives.

Explore the impact of various settings on the development of character and plot.

Evaluate the effect of different ways of presenting dialogue, and the impact of dialect speech.

课程概况

What makes a great novel? How is a novel woven together? How can we best appreciate works of fiction?

Answer these questions and more with this course from The University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

On the course you’ll discover four of the main building blocks of modern fiction: plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting using examples from a range of texts including the four novels shortlisted for the 2018 James Tait Black fiction prize. You’ll also explore the formal strategies authors use, how they came to be, and how they affect us as readers.

课程大纲

The course examines specific techniques relating to plotting and temporality including flashbacks, unreliable narration and framed narratives.

The course considers ways of understanding character, such as behaviour and motives.

It explores issues relating to the presentation of dialogue, including conversational mood and dialect voices.

The course examines the impact of various different settings on the development of plot and character.

It invites learners to test their understanding through weekly quizzes and a final peer assessment task.

The four novels explored for this course are:

    Crudo by Olivia Laing

    Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

    Murmur by Will Eaves

    Sight by Jessie Greengrass

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This course is for anyone who enjoys reading. You don’t need any past experience.

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