2. How to read lit.

So.. this post has been postponed for a week almost...
ch.6 When in Doubt it's from Shakespeare.
It's interesting.. how Shakespeare's work is seen from the 18th- 21st centuries... How does he do it? Well, the question is kind of answered in the chapter.. It has to do with intertextuality again.. The values in his works, I guess , carry on into other writer's works in a way..

Ch.7... Or the Bible
Its awesome how biblical parallels are everywhere in literature, because of all the universal values and human notions that are featured in the Bible. Since I'm christian, its even more interesting to discover the allusions in the books that I've read in the past year.. I remember T.S. Eliot's The Love song of J.Alfred Prufrock had some Biblical allusions..

Ch.8 Hanseldee and Greteldum
Writers use parallels, analogies, plot structures, and references from Kid Lit. That's smart.

Ch.9 It's Greek to Me
"Myth is a body of story that matters." I always had the correlated myths w/Greek fables and all that kiddie stuff, because I used to read Aesop's fables...
"One of the ways classical myth works: overt subject matter for poems and paintings and operas and novels" I liked how Foster later asks why would authors want to draw from myths , because that was exactly the question that surfaced.

Ch.10 It's more than just rain or snow
Mrs. Panosian! one of the things that was mentioned in her class, Rain = Purification! It can also be a plot device.. It's ironic how rain can cleanse you but also blemish you in a way (with mud).
Rain also signifies spring, which has restorative powers and symbolizes new beginnings. The symbolism snow carries is also interesting, since it has so many meanings.

Interlude Does he mean that?
Whaaaa? Too many symbols, too many allusions..... How can an author plan out all that. It was difficult to see all the literary devices authors used in past books like The great gatsby, The snows of kilimanjaro, and the catcher in the rye.. Hopefully I can start seeing all the symbols and be able to recognize allusions...