✚ What does it mean to read slowly? ✚ What do the methods of "close reading," "slow reading," and "explication de texte" offer a philologist? ✚ Why is it important to view a text as unfolding over time? ✚ How can theoretical knowledge be applied to practical analysis? ✚ How can one question a text so that the process of finding an answer leads to a result? ✚ How can one understand which research tools are effective?