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I've read a book with a somewhat similar idea, How to Read Literature Like a Professor. I think how it differs is that it felt like something you'd read at the start of an intro lit course (as I did when I took AP English in high school). My recollections on the book were that it mostly went over typical symbols and motifs, with some take away ideas about the connection between a text and the works that came before it, that sort of thing. I felt that it didn't do the best job preparing one to appreciate literature by just going over what rain can symbolize and telling you that if someone acts like Jesus, then they're a Christ figure. His examples were also drawn almost exclusively from well-known literature; but while seems like a good set of examples, I didn't think so. Examining popular film, TV, and books would let the readers think through your readings by themselves, instead of having to accept your appeals to literature they haven't read as insightful. I do think that it's a promising idea, and I'd read it if it were half as stimulating as this thread.
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What do you think (if anything) about Joseph Campbell?
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