Category: literature
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This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking Sally C. Harris, University of Tennessee Title of course: Whodunit?: Detective Stories What prompted the idea for the course? I had just finished reading one of Dorothy Sayers’ novels – “Gaudy Night,” which in my opinion is one of the best of her detective novels featuring Harriet…
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When Marcel Proust talks physics
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. François Vannucci, Université Paris Cité The 100th anniversary of Marcel Proust’s death gives us an opportunity to remember his masterwork, In Search of Lost Time, a sort of French-style Divine Comedy first released in 1913. Much like the way Dante’s 13th-century work forms…
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How the pandemic affected our approach to reading and interpretation of books
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Ben Davies, University of Portsmouth and Christina Lupton, University of Copenhagen During the pandemic, reading took on new meaning. People turned to books for comfort. Some read to confront difficult issues, especially following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Others used reading…
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