HOW TO READ A BOOK LIKE A PROFESSOR! (LECTURE)

I am amazed at how much more I understand by annotating.

Since I am disabled I absolutely love the idea of getting off the train and "walking" in a different world. Thank you for this lecture.

Awesome video! Tristan, do you have suggestions when reading e-books? I tend to just use a pad and keep running annotations, being sure to note the chapter and page numbers. I find it a bit more cumbersome, but not too bad. It’s definitely slower when I want to quote certain lines. Rather than just highlighting it, I have to end up writing the full sentence or passage. So I lose some time with this, but I feel like I may gain a bit more depth of understanding. I’m curious to see how others address this.

Thank you at the age of 76 I'm going to get my pencil out and actually mark a book. This was just not allowed when I was young. I shall probably feel guilty,but will secretly enjoy being naughty.

I highlight non-fiction books. Could that be considered as a form of "slowing down" akin to annotation?

Thank you your insights and description of how to read classics/general books. Going to check out your reading club. Jeff

I'm really glad about this video! Thank so much again!

Just watched this as advised by you on your slow readers video. Thank you.

So enjoyed and I now know the value of annotations

Very helpful. Thank you!

If I’d had an English teacher like you, how much richer would my life have been? Thank goodness it’s never too late to learn 📖. Much appreciation to and for you 😊

Yes! I’ve only recently heard of ‘ annotating’ and have been searching for videos that explore this more fully. Thank,you this was very helpful. I’d love to see more 😊👍

Thank you for sharing your love of classics with us! Thank you for your videos.

As an avid reader I love your videos (both channels)
How would you go about annotating, if the book is borrowed, though? Post it stickers inside? Or is it better to have an external notebook handy?

I am extremely happy to have found your channel and I thank you for your instructive videos. However, there is nothing I hate more than picking up a book full of graffiti lol

even as someone who doesn't like reading classics, this was very useful for my own reading

This lecture was eye-opening and exciting. I look forward to putting pen to book, something I’ve never done. Thank you. I truly enjoy each of your videos and I am growing my first Classics Library!

This should be a monthly feauture, you annotating the first page/part of a classic. That would be wonderful!

“the way an actor has took on a role”??? C’mon Tristan.

Thank you for inspiring me to get back to reading. You're truly awesome delivering your messages.

I enjoyed this more than I ever enjoyed reading a book🍓

He may make this point further in the video, but to take a lead from Adler: not every book deserves to be read seriously and deeply. Sometimes the author does a poor job and when that happens it's best to not spend too much time with observational study

Yes I will share the video with friends.

Thank you from across the pond, if I could give you 5 thumbs up I would
You are an international treasure 😊

Between this channel and Thomas C. Foster, I think I've attained at least an associate's degree in English Lit.

How vital is literary analysis to an aspiring writer? For example, if I'm the architect of my own world and make my own deliberate choices, how much does it matter how deeply I can interpret a text?

Wow! Excellent video. I’ve seen most of your videos, and I feel like I’m getting a graduate course in literature. Thank you, Kristan, keep them coming.

Here's a tip: DON'T. professors ruin most people's enjoyment of literature. They have tunnel vision and political blinders. Their goal is not enjoyment.

Drift off? Unlikely, not when you're lecturing. Save it? Yes, so I can watch (get the drift), watch again to 'set it' in my mind and then watch again and make some notes so that the content is fully consolidated and present with me when I read.

This video has changed the game for me

Tristan is right:
"Intilegens is heihlee oberaided"

"Your experience is what you bring to it". The result of this is that when I read "East of Eden" which is now my favorite book of all time, I saw for the first time the potential for evil within a family, something, that up to that time had never occurred to me.

You are spot on. I have to dissect everything I read in order to get anything out of it. It actually made reading much more fun. Thank you for this video.

I keep watching this over and over again. So useful!!

Excellent video! I found this video so helpful and informative. I tend to gloss over the books I read, but the annotation advice in this video will help me get a much better understanding of what I’m reading. Thank you, thank you.

This was really helpful! Thank you, Tristan

I've read that passage about the houses looking down into Jaggers' office before and loved it. However, lingering over it with you has elevated the experience immensely. Seriously, thank you!

Good God...don't read a book like a professor! Good books by good authors are not written for professors. They're written for normal people. Please...be normal!

More of this, please!!!!

How do you like that book, How to read literature like a professor by Thomas Foster?

I just discovered Tristan recently and happily found out that he has a countless videos. I hope I never run out of his videos to watch.

You deserve all good sir your help is incredibly so good 🎉

An excellent video, Tristan, as always. I've been annotating books since I was a teenager, and I rarely read a book without a pen in my hand. I just wish the margins were larger!

Such an interesting video! Thank you Tristan! You have helped me appreciate the classics after a hiatus of (oh, so many) years.
How can i join the book club?

I find film adaptations of classics generally woefully inadequate. The details of the story are rarely captured. The rare exception was the film adaptation of TO Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck was magnificent at capturing Atticus' character.

This brightens my world. Thank you.

No. . . I still find notation unnecessary
I can pause and cature the moment and take my time reading the novel without the need for notations they are just the sign of been over analytical
Reading is the one time my mind switches off 📚📖