For Young People

Have you ever wondered how writers weave their stories? Is there a secret formula that all stories share? Do writers bury clues so curious and clever readers can uncover what lies beneath the surface of their story? 

During class, we explore these questions. You learn how to think about literature and how to engage in the Great Conversation that has inspired writers, readers, and philosophers for millennia to ponder what it means to be human and what makes a good life. What gives us purpose and meaning? We engage with challenging ideas to figure out where we stand and what we believe.

You also learn to recognise and analyse story elements, literary devices, symbols, themes, character archetypes, and plot structure. This class was previously called Crash Course in Literature Analysis, but the name evolved. 

We're not practicing to be bookworms – we are training to be book dragons!