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Peer reviewedBerthoff, Ann E. – College English, 1999
Considers the significance of the disappearance of close reading. Looks briefly at the devastation wrought by certain "gangster theories"--indeterminacy, misreading, and the idea that people all tell stories (all knowledge is determined by the situation in which people find themselves). Suggests that close reading and close observation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Observation
