Using Key Passages to Understand Literature, Theory and Criticism - Couverture souple

Laga, Barry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138561975 ISBN 13 : 9781138561977

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Using Key Passages to Understand Literature, Theory and Criticism is a completely fresh and innovative approach to teaching and learning literary theory: using short passages of theory to make sense of literary and cultural texts. It focuses on the key concepts that help readers understand literature and cultural events in new and provocative ways. Covering a wide variety of iconic and contemporary theorists, the book offers a broad chronological and global overview, including thirty passages from theorists such as Viktor Shklovsky, Roland Barthes, Judith Butler, Diana Fuss, Jean Baudrillard, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michel Foucault, Monique Wittig, and Eve Sedgwick.

Built on the premise that scholars use theory pragmatically, Using Key Passages to Understand Literature, Theory and Criticism identifies problems, puzzles, and questions readers may encounter when they read a story, watch a film, or look at artwork. It explains, in detail, thirty concepts that help readers make sense of these works and invites students to apply the concepts to a range of writing and research projects. The textbook concludes by helping students read theory with an eye on finding productive passages and writing their own "theory chapter," signaling a shift from student as critic to student as theorist.

Used as a main text in introductory theory courses or as a supplement to any literature, film, theater, or art course, this book helps students read closely and think critically.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barry Laga is Professor of English and Department Head of Languages, Literature, and Mass Communication at Colorado Mesa University, USA. He teaches literary theory, American literature, film, and composition, and publishes on American literature, film, and cultural studies. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, and Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138561975
• ISBN 13: 9781138561977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 254
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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