Reading literature closely means noticing what an author chose not to say as much as what they did — the significance of a shifted point of view, an unreliable narrator, or a recurring image. Ariel's coursework at Brown and her SAT Literature Subject Test experience give her a toolkit for teaching s...

Between her Latin studies, linguistics interests, and wide reading across disciplines, June approaches literature by teaching students to slow down and analyze how a text builds meaning — through imagery, narrative structure, tone shifts, and rhetorical choices. She's particularly sharp at connectin...

Hasan studied Literary Arts at Brown, where his coursework spanned everything from contemporary American fiction to ancient Indian classics — giving him an unusually wide lens for close reading and literary analysis. He designed and taught his own literature courses at a community center, building d...

Between directing Shakespeare at Brown and studying ancient texts in their original languages, Joshua spent his college years immersed in literary analysis — identifying themes, unpacking figurative language, and building arguments from textual evidence. He's rated 4.7 by students and brings that sa...

Reading literature well means doing more than summarizing plot — it means noticing how an author's word choices, structure, and imagery build meaning beneath the surface. Kashish teaches students to annotate actively and construct interpretive arguments grounded in textual evidence. Whether the assi...

Reading a novel closely means learning to ask the right questions — why does the author shift point of view here, what does this recurring image actually do, how does structure shape meaning? Abby's Education Studies training at Brown sharpened her ability to break down literary analysis into concre...

Reading literature well means learning to sit with ambiguity — figuring out what a text is doing, not just what it says. William is currently training as a secondary English literature teacher and holds a BA in English, so he digs into narrative structure, figurative language, and thematic developme...

Growing up between France and the U.S. gave Sophie a bicultural lens that makes literary analysis richer — she naturally draws connections between historical context, authorial intent, and close reading. Whether the text is a nineteenth-century novel or a contemporary short story, she teaches studen...

Reading a novel is one thing; pulling apart how an author uses symbolism, unreliable narration, or structural choices to build meaning is another skill entirely. Christopher teaches students to move from surface-level plot summary to the kind of close textual analysis that produces strong literary a...

Reading a novel closely means asking what the author is doing with structure, symbol, and point of view — not just summarizing what happened. Anna's American Studies concentration at Brown keeps her immersed in literary analysis across genres and time periods, from nineteenth-century realism to cont...