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本の読み方 スロー・リーディングの実践

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本はどう読んだらいいのか? 速読は本当に効果があるのか? 闇雲に活字を追うだけの貧しい読書から、深く感じる豊かな読書へ。『マチネの終わりに』の平野啓一郎が、自身も実践している、「速読コンプレックス」から解放される、差がつく読書術を大公開。 「スロー・リーディング」でも、必要な本は十分に読めるし、少なくとも、生きていく上で使える本が増えることは確かであり、それは思考や会話に着実に反映される。決して、私に特別な能力ではない。ただ、本書で書いたようなことに気をつけながら、ゆっくり読めば、誰でも自ずとそうなるのである。(中略)読書は何よりも楽しみであり、慌てることはないのである。(「文庫版に寄せて」より)情報が氾濫している現代社会だからこそ、著者は「スロー・リーディング」を提唱する。「量」より「質」を重視した読書経験は、5年後、10年後にも役立つ教養を授け、人生を豊かにしてくれるだろう。夏目漱石、森鴎外、フランツ・カフカ、川端康成、三島由紀夫など不朽の名作から自作の『葬送』まで――。深く理解することが可能になる、知的で実践的な読み方を紹介する。新書版を加筆・修正し再編集。 ●「速読コンプレックス」からの解放 ●「量」の読書から「質」の読書へ ●なぜ小説は速読できないのか ●5年後、10年後のための読書 ●小説には様々なノイズがある ●書き手の視点で読んでみる

225 pages, Paperback Shinsho

First published August 17, 2006

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Keiichirō Hirano

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Keiichirō Hirano (平野 啓一郎 Hirano Keiichirō, born June 22, 1975) is a Japanese novelist.

Hirano was born in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture, Japan. He published his first novel (Nisshoku, 日蝕) in 1998 and won the Akutagawa Prize the next year as one of the youngest winners ever (at 23 years of age). He graduated from the Law Department of Kyoto University in 1999. In 2005 he was nominated as a cultural ambassador and spent a year in France.

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170 reviews6 followers
November 27, 2024
The book talks about the technique of reading slowly. In the first chapter, the author describes the benefits of slow reading in comparison to speed reading. In the second chapter, he delves into the technique itself, about what is beneficial and what not:

Good:
- reread the page multiple times until you understand everything
- underline and highlight sections of interest or ambiguous ones
- ask yourself the 4W1H questions (Who, What, Where, When, and How). For example, who is speaking? What are they talking about, etc
- think about the intention of the author and reflect upon details such as usage of adverbs, adjectives, etc
- reflect on the context of the book it was written in (society, history, biography of the author)

Not so good:
- Skim through the book (speedreading) or rely on summaries
- read books only once
- copy the books content in a notebook word by word

In the final chapter, the author demonstrates the technique with excerpts from classical literature, e.g こころ by 夏目漱石 or Bridge by Kafka. They highlight nuances in the excerpts and possible multiple interpretations.

Language learning:
Learning about the technique of slow reading itself is useful to enhance understanding one’s skills and be more mindful about reading. The first language the author themselves use is pretty well understandable - I don’t think you need to be N1 to get through 2/3 of the book easily. The challenging part is the last part with the classical excerpts which are challenging to read and understand. The kind of books I have difficulties with even in my native language. I read the first 3 excerpts and the explanation which I found super interesting. However, the fourth excerpt, 金閣寺, was too challenging for me and I stopped the book after that. I will revisit that once my Japanese language level is there as I had a hard time to even understand the language, without the deeper meaning.
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28 reviews1 follower
December 22, 2023
小説に関しては、物語の中に入り込んで読むのが好きなので、実践する気はないのですが、勉強として読むには最適な方法かと思います。学術書に関しては、これは良いとは思いましたが、実践できるかどうかの自信はゼロです。
私はKindleで読みましたが、フーコーの『性の歴史』の読み方に関しては線を引いたり語句を囲ったりする実例があるので見やすい・小説に関しても検索性に優れているという観点から、電子書籍よりも紙の本の方が良いと思います。
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