Reading Fiction

Storytelling is a great part of our culture and heritage. By reading fiction we get to know other types of people, nationalities, cultures, religions, and societies. By reading historical novels we can enter a world that is both different and similar to our own. Learning about our past puts new perspectives on our current world. This means that you can gain a lot of knowledge by enjoying a good book. We also need entertainment to relax and escape from our day-to-day lives and reading has been proved to be one of the most effective ways of fighting stress.

1) This part of the course you get to focus on one book and really go through it thoroughly. Meanwhile you are to focus on the following:
 Literary terms

• Setting - English speaking country? Where? What century? When? What effect does the setting have on the story?

• Plot - What is the book about? What is the book really about? Parallells to an historic event? Does the book have a message? What is the author trying to say?

• Structure - Is it chronological? Does everything happen in a specific order? Is the narrator jumping back and forth in time?

• Characters, The protaganist (or the "hero" What makes a hero ), the antagonist (the "anti-hero) 

• What type of genre? (Romance, Thriller, Drama etc.)

• Narration - Who is the narrator? First, second or third? Omniscient or not?

2) Crashcource How and why we read

3) Digilär will give you further advice, go to English - Reading - Fiction

4) What genre are you reading? Find out here!

5) Extra reading: 6 Science-Backed Reasons To Go Read A Book Right Now

Criteria:

• The book must, of course, be in English.
• At least 100 pages
• Must be a fictional work

What to present at the book circle:

• Plot
• Characters
• Setting
• Genre
• Narration
• Your thoughts about the book