Close Reading and Comprehension by Robert Dianni Publisher: Tiandi Publishing House

Introduction
What does it mean to read texts such as poetry, prose, and fiction? To understand the truth contained in them, or just to entertain ourselves?
The author of this book, Diani, believes that we are the texts we read. Reading not only makes us feel happy or touched, but more importantly, we can discover and reshape ourselves in the process of reading. Through reading, we come into contact with the lives of others, explore the infinite possibilities of human existence, deepen our understanding of the world, and thus form a better way of life. In this book, Diani shows how to become a more skilled and engaged reader, thereby increasing the benefits and pleasure of literary reading.
The author challenges the readers' habit of questioning the meaning of the text, starting with four variant questions of "text-meaning", and helping readers to enhance their awareness of questions in the reading process by asking what the text says, does, shows, and implies. Dianni draws on Scholes' classic three-part literary analysis method and proposes a literary analysis method of experience, interpretation, and evaluation. Finally, in view of the different genre characteristics of fictional and non-fictional works, the author analyzes the reading methods suitable for them.
This book can not only help college students in the Chinese Language and Literature Department and Foreign Languages ​​and Literature Department improve their ability to read, analyze and appreciate literary texts, but also help literature lovers gain a wonderful high-level reading experience.