How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)
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| Paperback: | 426 ページ |
| 出版社: | Touchstone |
| 出版日: | 1972年8月15日 |
| ISBN: | 0671212095 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780671212094 |
| 参考価格: | $16.99 |
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内容説明
How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.
You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.
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: T. Giddens Trenton, NJ USA - 2010年6月26日Reading this book has certainly enriched my life (as far a reading goes)
Thinking back on my English classes, I felt very deprived after reading this book. I have graduated highschool and just started college and have not learned the things in this book already. This book has really helped me to become a better book reader. A better reader...period. I do feel that some of the parts were boring. The start of the third section of the book put me to sleep once, but I knew I was gaining knowledge so I kept with it. The authors' writing style takes some getting used to. There isn't a sentence in the book that isn't broken up with commas and semicolons and dashes. It's still a good book, and I am happy that I read it.
: Kevin M. Freeman Washington, D.C. - 2010年5月11日Great book!
This is apparently a must-have for anyone who wants to not simply speed read, but boost comprehension and understanding of what the author's message is.
: Raul Saavedra Caracas, Venezuela - 2010年3月30日Reading and Listening: basically the same art --the art of being taught
This is a comprehensive how-to book on improving your reading-skills, especially skills in reading expository (non-fiction) works.
Four levels of reading are considered: 1) Elementary, 2) Inspectional, 3) Analytical, and 4) Syntopical. Most of the bulk of the book is taken by the "rules" of Analytical Reading. That level is also divided into certain "stages", and I can't help objecting to how those stages are introduced in this book.
By page 94 the book has covered the first four rules of Analytical Reading, and then you are suddenly told that those four rules belong to a so called "first stage" of Analytical Reading. The book goes on with further chapters and further rules, but you aren't told in advance how many rules or how many stages Analytical Reading will involve in total. And pages go on and on, and rules keep coming, and still you are not told. Only by page 163 (roughtly at half the book) you are finally shown the list of all rules (FIFTEEN in total) of all THREE stages of Analytical Reading, which were being covered in this sort of blind way (for the reader) since page 59. This sort of bottom-up approach, at least for me, was seriously exasperating. Why the authors didn't simply start showing such list of stages and rules to be covered, I really can't say. Maybe they thought the "mystery" would keep the interest of some readers (?). I don't know, but for me that approach was a poor choice; it was annoying and infuriating. It took me a while to read this book just because of that.
The above can give you an idea of how the method is presented in the book: with lots of embedded lists and enumerations of rules, and stages, and steps. In other words, with lots of structure. Seems organized, but presented in the chosen bottom-up approach I described might appear to be not as clear, or too detailed or overstructured at first.
In spite of that rant, the book is a great read, and the recommended method (in spite of how it is presented) is definitely worth adopting.
One of the recommended rules is to always read the book through at least once, even if not understanding some points in it. Just as in a movie. A first viewing of a movie might not let you understand everything, but you have to watch it fully that first time, without interruptions. Same with a book. And in particular, I think the same applies to this very book on how to read.
The book states that reading and listening are basically the same art -the art of being taught. I definitely agree with that.
All in all, a highly recommended read.
: John M. Ford near DC, MD USA - 2010年2月27日A Book in the Head is Worth Two in the Hand
Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren have written an insightful guide to reading books that are worth reading. First published in 1940, their advice for understanding the written word has aged well. Their goal is to help us use the best books in our lifelong education. This version, rewritten in 1972, improves on the first release by incorporating recent research on the psychology of reading and reference to current additions to the growing population of worthy books.
This book discusses both how to read and how to decide what is worth reading. There are four different levels of reading. The first is Level 1 Elementary Reading, in which we move straightforwardly through text, absorbing the obvious. It is a perfectly acceptable way to read road signs and the backs of cereal boxes. It is not sufficient for most books. Level 2 Inspectional Reading consists of scanning the structure and skimming the content of a book to get a general sense of its message. It requires fluency in Level 1 skills and is necessary to make an informed decision about whether to invest more effort in a book.
Level 3 Analytical Reading is an advanced skill to which the authors devote seven chapters of carefully-considered description. Analytical readers need to classify a book and relate it to others that quote or supersede it. They need to outline or profile a book and understand its central messages. Analytical reading requires understanding the book's author, including the vocabulary of words, phrases and personal experiences the author uses to communicate and his or her purposes in writing the book. Analytical reading moves beyond understanding and accepting what authors tell us. It requires fairly evaluating their arguments and then taking a stand with respect to them. We haven't really read a book if we cannot clearly identify our points of agreement and disagreement with its author.
The Level 4 Interpretive or "Syntopical" Reader has master the skills of reading related books and synthesizing from them a grasp of the larger body of knowledge. To echo one critic of this book's first edition, they know "How to Read Two Books." The skills of Level 4 Reading are locating key passages in books, identifying the vocabulary, key questions and major issues of the subject area, and analyzing the ongoing discussion between authors of books on the same topic. Far from believing that this four-level approach is all the guidance we need, Adler and Van Doren present strategies for reading various types of books, ranging from poetry and imaginative literature to history, science and philosophy. They leave us well prepared to enrich ourselves from the pages of books.
This is a valuable book for anyone who reads seriously. I'll advise slipping it into the suitcase of a college-bound niece or nephew. It will also reward a snow-bound adult on a chilly afternoon. For those who write as well as read, The Craft of Research is a congenial companion volume. May your reading be rewarding.
: Jiang Xueqin Toronto, Canada - 2010年2月6日Long-Winded and Laborious
I can understand Mortimer Adler's motivation for writing "How to Read a Book" in 1940. Absolutely dismayed by the quality of discussion in his university seminars and certain that his students either did not read the assigned books or did not know how to properly digest them Mr. Adler decided to write a book that spelled out in painstaking and often insulting detail how to read a book.
Knowing the genre of the book and understanding the title are according to Mr. Adler that important first step. Reading the table of contents and skimming the index come next. Inspecting the book, and understanding the different constituent parts will permit readers to better grasp the author's viewpoint and how he constructs his arguments. Then there's the pinpointing and understanding of the author's key words and key sentences, which will permit the reader to better understand the author's reasoning. Once fully confident of the author's thinking may the reader begin to question his logic, reasoning, and completeness of thought -- and the very experienced readers will be able to compare and contrast with other books.
It's a fine public service that Mr. Adler has mechanically systemized a reading process. Teachers and professors show either ignorance or indifference when they just assume that their students have understood the text, and do not do enough to actually pressure the students into comprehending the text. Seminar discussion, papers, and examination questions are too open-minded so as to allow students to bluff their way through, and the SAT is a test which can be coached and beaten. So it's good that finally comes an author, experienced in the tactics and strategies of college students to do the least work for the best grades, who demands that readers actually focus and concentrate on reading.
Unfortunately, the co-authors Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren do it in the most pedantic and professorial, laborious and long-winded manner possible (that's why, I suppose, they didn't do a sequel to their best-seller and entitle it "How to Write a Book"). Consider the classic "Elements of Style" By William Strunk and E.B. White, and how with economy and wit they're able to distill the parts of writing into their most basic and most easily understood constituent parts. Running at 419 pages "How to Read a Book" could easily have just been 50 pages.
