Keywords
Whole-book reading
Close reading
Literary interpretation
Cultural understanding
Submitted : 2026-01-13
Accepted : 2026-01-28
Published : 2026-02-12
Abstract
Centered on the three-level progressive structure of “text-literature-culture”, this paper explores a systematic approach to achieving educational goals in whole-book reading teaching. The text level serves as the foundation, focusing on the accurate grasp of the work’s language, structure, and details; the literature level is the key, guiding students from the text to the artistic world, helping them understand character portrayal and narrative strategies, and developing their literary appreciation abilities; the culture level is the sublimation, promoting students to place the work in a broader historical context and cultural tradition, and understand the spiritual values and social significance carried by literature. These three approaches are interrelated and gradually deepened, jointly forming a comprehensive educational framework that takes the whole book as the carrier and integrates language training, thinking development, and humanistic edification.
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