The Work And The Reader In Literary Studies
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The Work And The Reader In Literary Studies
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Author : Paul Eggert
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-29
The Work And The Reader In Literary Studies written by Paul Eggert and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Reflects on and re-imagines the role of the scholarly edition and its reader in the twenty-first century.
The Work Of Reading
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Author : Anirudh Sridhar
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-05-17
The Work Of Reading written by Anirudh Sridhar and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination of the developments in the field of literary studies from the early 2000s onwards within the context of the systematic problems in the humanities. This volume analyzes the origins of the current methods—including New Historicism, empiricism, New Formalism, postcritique, and others—and posits alternatives to the present state of literary studies. At a time when many aspects of current methods show a desire to adopt values from other disciplines to solve internal crises, this volume advocates a renewed focus on questions of form by means of the praxis of aesthetic study, close reading, and other modes of engaging directly with literary texts.
The Employment Of English
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Author : Michael Bérubé
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1998
The Employment Of English written by Michael Bérubé and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
What sorts of cultural criticism are teachers and scholars to produce and how can that criticism be "employed" in the culture at large? In The Employment of English, Michael Berube examines the cultural legitimacy of literary study. Berube asserts that we must situate these questions in a context in which nearly half of all college professors are part-time labor and in which English departments are torn between their traditional mission of defining the movements of literary history and the protocols of textual interpretation, and their newer tasks of interrogating wider systems of signification under rubrics like "gender," "hegemony," "rhetoric," "textuality" (including film and video), and "culture."
The Work Of Literature
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Author : Derek Attridge
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2015-03-26
The Work Of Literature written by Derek Attridge and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
What is distinctive about the cultural practice called 'literature'? How does it benefit individuals and society? How do literary works retain their importance and their capacity to give pleasure over decades and centuries? What constitutes responsible criticism? These are some of the questions addressed in this book, which develops the arguments put forward in Derek Attridge's influential study The Singularity of Literature (2004). Beginning with an extended cross-examination in the form of an interview addressing a range of topics relating to the work of literature (understood both as the activity of the writer and as the text itself) and the practices of literary reading and literary criticism, it asks what it means to 'do justice to' a work of literature, provides a full account of the concept of singularity, considers the problematic power of criticism, and advances an account of the role of context in the writing and reading of literary works. In other chapters it explores the issue of cultural difference in responses to literature, discusses the working of metaphor, questions the attribution of knowledge to literary works, and addresses the topics of affect and hospitality. The book follows through the consequences of regarding the singular and inventive work of literature as an event that takes place anew each time it is read, providing an opening to an otherness excluded by prevailing cultural norms and habits of thought and feeling. Although the focus of the book is on literature, the arguments are relevant to all the arts, and engage with the thought of major aesthetic theorists in a number of traditions.
Literary Theories
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Author : Julian Wolfreys
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1999-09
Literary Theories written by Julian Wolfreys and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09 with Literary Collections categories.
The first reader and introductory guide to literary theory—includes close readings and a full glossary and bibliography Literary Theories is the first reader and introductory guide in one volume. Divided into 12 sections covering structuralism, feminism, marxism, reader-response theory, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, post-structuralism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonialism, gay studies and queer theory, and cultural studies, Literary Theories introduces the reader to the most challenging and engaging aspects of critical studies in the humanities today. Classic essays representing the different theoretical positions and offering striking examples of close readings of literature are preceded by new introductions which present the theory in question and discuss its main currents. With a full glossary and detailed bibliography, Literary Theories is the perfect introductory guide and reader in one volume. Included are essays by Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Homi K. Bhabha, Judith Butler, Terry Castle, Iain Chambers, Rey Chow, Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, Jonathan Dollimore, Terry Eagleton, Catherine Gallagher, Stephen Heath, Wolfgang Iser, Fredric Jameson, Hans Robert Jauss, Claire Kahane, Gail Ching Liang Low, Mary Lydon, Jean-François Lyotard, James M. Mellard, D.A. Miller, J. Hillis Miller, Louis Adrian Montrose, Michael Riffaterre, Avital Ronell, Nicholas Royle, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Alan Sinfield, and Raymond Williams.
Author Representations In Literary Reading
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Author : Eefje Claassen
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2012-02-15
Author Representations In Literary Reading written by Eefje Claassen and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Author Representations in Literary Reading investigates the role of the author in the mind of the reader. It is the first book-length empirical study on generated author inferences by readers of literature. It bridges the gap between theories which hold that the author is irrelevant and those that give him prominence. By combining insights and methods from both cognitive psychology and literary theory, this book contributes to a better understanding of how readers process literary texts and what role their assumptions about an author play. A series of experiments demonstrate that readers generate author inferences during the process of reading, which they use to create an image of the text’s author. The findings suggest that interpretations about the author play a pivotal role in the literary reading process. This book is relevant to scholars and students in all areas of the cognitive sciences, including literary studies and psychology.
The Reader The Text The Poem
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Author : Louise M. Rosenblatt
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 1994-09-21
The Reader The Text The Poem written by Louise M. Rosenblatt and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Starting from the same nonfoundationalist premises, Rosenblatt avoids the extreme relativism of postmodern theories derived mainly from Continental sources. A deep understanding of the pragmatism of Dewey, James, and Peirce and of key issues in the social sciences is the basis for a view of language and the reading process that recognizes the potentialities for alternative interpretations and at the same time provides a rationale for the responsible reading of texts.
The Gist Of Reading
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Author : Andrew Elfenbein
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-16
The Gist Of Reading written by Andrew Elfenbein and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
What happens to books as they live in our long-term memory? Why do we find some books entertaining and others not? And how does literary influence work on writers in different ways? Grounded in the findings of empirical psychology, this book amends classic reader-response theory and attends to neglected aspects of reading that cannot be explained by traditional literary criticism. Reading arises from a combination of two kinds of mental work: automatic and controlled processes. Automatic processes, such as the ability to see visual symbols as words, are the result of constant practice; controlled processes, such as predicting what might occur next in a story, arise from readers' conscious use of skills and background knowledge. When we read, automatic and controlled processes work together to create the "gist" of reading, the constant interplay between these two kinds of processes. Andrew Elfenbein not only explains how we read today, but also uses current knowledge about reading to consider readers of past centuries, arguing that understanding gist is central to interpreting the social, psychological, and political impact of literary works. The result is the first major revisionary account of reading practices in literary criticism since the 1970s.
The Art Of Reading
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Author : Damon Young
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2017-08-10
The Art Of Reading written by Damon Young and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-10 with Philosophy categories.
A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills — an ideal gift for the avid reader. ‘What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.’ As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop and remember, stop and learn again how to read better. Damon Young shows us how to do exactly this, walking alongside some of the greatest readers who light a path for us — Borges, Plato, Woolf. Young reads passionately, selectively, surprisingly — from superhero noir to speculative realism, from Heidegger to Heinlein — and shows his reader how cultivating their inner critic can expand their own lives as well as the lives of those on the pages of the books they love.