I just finished reading the book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. The short chapters are entertaining and stimulating. Foster gave examples of literature and explained how they were connected. Talk about remediation in literature!
As much as I like the computer and other technologies, I still like to read a book. I still want my students to read from books. (Did you know that one of the Twitter creators doesn't own a television? He says he doesn't have time to watch TV because he prefers to read!) For me, reading is as engaging as working on the computer. I can take a book and see on my porch; if the electricity is off, I am still entertained.
If I were teaching a class of college-bound high school students or a freshman level literature class, I would use this book as a textbook. (I will probably lend this book to my friend who teaches high school seniors and see what she thinks.) The short chapters would make this easy to use in a classroom and cover a wide range of ideas in literature.
I encourage you to check this book out. It is, as the advertising says, "A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines". You can find it at Barnes & Noble or Amazon.
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