An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and TheoryRoutledge, 10 juil. 2014 - 392 pages Fresh, original and compelling, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘the beginning’ and concluding with ‘the end’, the book covers topics that range from the familiar (character, narrative, the author) to the more unusual (secrets, pleasure, ghosts). Eschewing abstract isms, Bennett and Royle successfully illuminate complex ideas by engaging directly with literary works – so that a reading of Jane Eyre opens up ways of thinking about racial difference, whilst Chaucer, Raymond Chandler and Monty Python are all invoked in a discussion of literary laughter. Each chapter ends with a narrative guide to further reading and the book also includes a glossary and bibliography. The fourth edition has been revised to incorporate two timely new chapters on animals and the environment. A breath of fresh air in a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this book will open the reader’s eyes to the exhilarating possibilities of both reading and studying literature. |
Table des matières
1 The beginning | 1 |
2 Readers and reading | 9 |
3 The author | 19 |
4 The text and the world | 28 |
5 The uncanny | 35 |
6 Monuments | 44 |
7 Narrative | 54 |
8 Character | 63 |
21 God | 188 |
22 Ideology | 199 |
23 Desire | 207 |
24 Queer | 216 |
25 Suspense | 226 |
26 Racial difference | 234 |
27 The colony | 242 |
28 Mutant | 252 |
9 Voice | 71 |
10 Figures and tropes | 80 |
11 Creative writing | 88 |
12 Laughter | 96 |
13 The tragic | 106 |
14 History | 117 |
15 Me | 129 |
16 Eco | 138 |
17 Animals | 151 |
18 Ghosts | 160 |
19 Moving pictures | 169 |
20 Sexual difference | 179 |
29 The performative | 262 |
30 Secrets | 270 |
31 The postmodern | 279 |
32 Pleasure | 289 |
33 War | 299 |
34 The end | 311 |
Glossary | 319 |
328 | |
330 | |
Bibliography of critical and theoretical works | 335 |
364 | |
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An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Andrew Bennett,Nicholas Royle Aperçu limité - 2014 |
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Andrew Bennett,Nicholas Royle Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Andrew Bennett,Nicholas Royle Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |