エジンバラ版 英文学研究入門 The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature

Cavanagh, Dermot (EDT)/ Gillis, Alan (EDT)/ Keown, Michelle (EDT)/ Lox

Edinburgh Univ Pr（2010/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780748640263
• DDC分類 820.71141

基本説明

What does advanced or university study of English Literature involve today? How should students read literary texts? Answers to these questions have significantly changed and developed over recent decades, particularly
in response to cutting-edge literary theory. The five-star English Literature department at the University of Edinburgh, one of best in the United Kingdom, has drawn on its expertise to answer these questions. The result, The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature, is an unbeatable resource for new students. It teaches the foundations of how to read literary texts, introducing the critical, formal and historical understanding this requires. The focus is on clear, pragmatic explanations of critical practices, and of literary forms, styles and techniques. Recent developments in theory are explained throughout. Every explanation is carefully illustrated with examples taken from the canon.
Students will find new and essential insights on every page, directing their understanding and opening up all the imaginative promise of literary study.

Full Description

What does university study of English Literature involve today? How should students read literary texts? Answers to these questions have substantially changed and developed over recent decades, often in response to advances in literary theory. In the light of this and other recent developments, the Edinburgh Introduction provides a new, updated guide for students beginning their study of literature today. Recent developments in theory are explained throughout, but they are not the only focus of attention. Instead, the emphasis is on clear, pragmatic explanation of critical practices, and of literary forms, styles and techniques. These explanations are carefully illustrated through examples taken from readily-available works - usually ones included in the Norton or other major anthologies. Each chapter is written by an experienced academic and teacher from Edinburgh University's Department of English Literature, recently reaffirmed as one of the best in the United Kingdom.The result is an unbeatable resource for new students: a well-stocked toolbox, offering foundational introductions to ways literary texts can be approached, and to the critical, formal and historical understanding this requires. New students will find essential insights on every page, guiding their understanding for years to come and thoroughly opening up for them all the imaginative promise of literary study. Key Features: * An up-to-the minute foundational guide for new students * Comprehensive range of literary forms, styles and critical strategies introduced * Careful exemplification, demonstrating reading strategies at work * Based on successful introductory courses in one of the UK's leading university literature departments * The texts discussed in the book generally appear in the Norton Anthology of English Literature

Contents

Section I; Introductory, ed. James Loxley; 1. What is Literature?, Alex Thomson; 2. English Literary Studies: Origins and Nature, Bob Irvine; 3. Kinds of Literature, David Salter; Section II - Poetry, ed. Alan Gillis; 1. Poetry: An Introduction, Alan Gillis; 2. Metre and Rhythm, Lee Spinks; 3. Poetic Imagery, Sarah Dunnigan; 4. Verse Forms, Penny Fielding; 5. Vernacular Poetry, Colin Nicholson; 6. Poetry and History, Greg Walker; Section III - Narrative, ed. Michelle Keown; 1. Kinds of Fiction, Aaron Kelly; 2. Prose/Short Story, Ken Millard; 3. Narrators, Michele Mendelssohn; 4. Narrative Language, Keith Hughes; 5. Constructing Character, Raj Chakraborti; 6. Life Writing, Laura Marcus; Section IV - Drama, ed. Dermot Cavanagh; 1. Introducing Drama, Roger Savage; 2. Text and Performance, Olga Taxidou; 3. Comedy, Jonathan Wild; 4. Tragedy, Simon Malpas; 5. History and Politics, Dermot Cavanagh; 6. Gender and Performance, Suzanne Trill; Annotated Bibliography; Index.