This week’s question is: What is “close reading,” is it important and, if so, how should I teach it? The term “close reading” appears to be on every English teacher’s lips, though it’s not used in the ...

(This is the last post in a three-part series on this topic. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) This week’s question is: What is “close reading,” is it important and, if so, how should I ...

The past two decades have seen a burgeoning commentary on the subject of “close reading,” now widely regarded as the core practice of literary study. In the previous decades—from the later 1960s to ...