The House of Leaves and the Future of Reading
Welcome to English 309, Theories of Reading. Here is a brief summary of the course linked to the weekly modules. By clicking the links you can see the course broken down into reading and writing assignments. Here is a copy of the syllabus that you should download: English 309 syllabus Winter 2022.docx
Week One: Introduction and Histories of Writing and Reading
Week Two: Reading in the Brain and in Society
Week Three: The Process of Reading
Week Four: Reading as Consuming and Theft
Week Five: Exploring the House
Week Six: Reading as Interpretation
Week Seven: Close versus Distant Reading
Week Eight: Putting Theory to Work Essays
Week Nine: The Novel as a Theory of Reading
Week Ten: All the Answers to All the Questions