{"title":"Johanna Winant","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohanna Winant's work offers insightful perspectives on contemporary approaches to literary analysis, with a particular focus on enhancing the practice of close reading. Her writing thoughtfully engages educators and students alike, inviting deeper exploration of texts in ways that resonate with twenty-first-century readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in education and reference, Winant's books provide valuable frameworks for understanding literature beyond the surface, encouraging a nuanced appreciation of language and meaning. Readers will find her contributions both intellectually enriching and practically inspiring for academic study.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"close-reading-for-the-twenty-first-century-by-dan-sinykin-9780691265704","title":"Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA user's guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClose reading-making an argument based in close attention to a text-is the foundation of literary studies. This book offers a guide to close reading, treating it as a skill that can be taught and practiced. It first explains what close reading is, what it does, and how it has been used across theoretical schools ranging from affect studies to Black studies to queer theory to Marxism. It then presents a series of master classes in the practice, with original contributions by scholars from a range of different institutions\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Finally, it provides practical materials, worksheets, and suggested activities for instructors to use in the classroom. The tone throughout is encouraging and accessible, inviting readers of all backgrounds to hone their craft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book divides the practice of close reading into five steps, coining a term for each step: scene setting, noticing, local claiming, regional argumentation, and global theorizing. It traces the roots of close reading, showing how it has spread far beyond its origins in practical criticism and New Criticism. In twenty-one short chapters, contemporary scholars discuss close readings by such prominent literary critics as Erich Auerbach and Helen Vendler, describing how their arguments work and how to achieve similar results. An essential resource for instructors and students at the undergraduate level and beyond, this book shows how understanding close reading can make us better readers, thinkers, and writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397797101804,"sku":"9780691265704","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a08f7cef7267eff4d9b3e434b912029c.jpg?v=1773778751"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/johanna-winant.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}