How to Read Literature Like a Professor By: Lamar Butler
Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion Holy Communion within a religion. – The Body – The Blood – The sense of unity
Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion “Sometimes a meal is just a meal” …. (Foster 7)
Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion But, when a meal is shared it is communion. Act of peace Will usually only be done with people you consider friends
Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion In literature… – Demonstrates the relationship of characters Sexual Animosity Respect Tension What if it fails? – Bad sign
Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires “Not all eating that happens in literature is friendly.” (Foster 15)
Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires Vampires in literature…. – Dracula – Twilight Other things that go “bump” in the night.. – Ghost – Werewolves – Zombies – doppelgängers
Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires Below the surface.. – The darkness within humans Selfishness Exploitation Disrespect of human body A deep hunger… – Warnings
Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires Even within the text the meaning is still totally based on you…. The Reader
Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires Things won’t always appear as what we may expect – “Daisy Miller”(1878) – Women in Love (1920)
Works Cited Foster, Thomas C.. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, Print