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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor 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. Vorwort Explains how to read, interpret and write about the world around us in a critical and informed way. Zusammenfassung Explains how to read, interpret and write about the world around us in a critical and informed way. This book answers the needs of students of composition, rhetoric, creative writing, stylistics or literature. It teaches the reader how to perform semiotic analysis, and formulates a logical set of instructions on how to write it up. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Choosing a Sign to Analyze3. Questioning and Staging the Sign4. Generating Ideas about Meaning5. Building Essays around Your Ideas6. Analytical ExercisesBibliographyIndex
