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Philosophical anthropology --- Thematology --- Literature --- Joyce, James --- Hemingway, Ernest --- James, Henry --- Self in literature. --- James, Henry, --- Joyce, James, --- Hemingway, Ernest, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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Increasing specialization within the discipline of English and American Studies has shifted the focus of scholarly discussion toward theoretical reflection and cultural contexts. These developments have benefitted the discipline in more ways than one, but they have also resulted in a certain neglect of close reading. As a result, students and researchers interested in such material are forced to turn to scholarship from the 1960s and 1970s, much of which relies on dated methodological and ideological presuppositions. The handbook aims to fill this gap by providing new readings of texts that figure prominently in the literature classroom and in scholarly debate − from James's The Ambassadors to McCarthy's The Road. These readings do not revert naively to a time "before theory." Instead, they distil the insights of literary and cultural theory into concise introductions to the historical background, the themes, the formal strategies, and the reception of influential literary texts, and they do so in a jargon-free language accessible to readers on all levels of qualification.
Littérature américaine --- Histoire et critique. --- American fiction --- American literature --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- 820 <73> --- 820-3 "19" --- 820-3 "19" Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 820 <73> Amerikaanse literatuur --- Amerikaanse literatuur
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Takes stock of the various extensions the growing field of ecocriticism has seen over the last decade or so. Contributions from 15 specialists examine the increasing theoretical and methodological self-reflection of the field, its expanding range of literary analysis across canonical, thematic, and national boundaries, as well as the interdisciplinary perspectives that have developed around it. The volume stresses two aspects in particular: the ethical questions rained by ecocritical inquiry and the importance and variability of close reading as a core technique of ecocritical analysis. It includes a selection of representative case studies from American, French, Italian, and Spanish literature.
Ecocriticism --- Ecocriticism. --- Ecology in literature --- Ecology in literature. --- Ethik. --- Französisch. --- Italienisch. --- Literatur. --- Literature, Modern --- Literature, Modern. --- Spanisch. --- Textanalyse. --- History and criticism --- USA.
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Questions of genres as well as their possible definitions, taxonomies, and functions have been discussed since antiquity. Even though categories of genre today are far from being fixed, they have for decades been upheld without question. The goal of this volume is to problematize traditional definitions of poetic genres and to situate them in a broader socio-cultural, historical, and theoretical context. The contributions encompass numerous methodological approaches (including hermeneutics, poststructuralism, reception theory, cultural studies, gender studies), periods (Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism), genres (elegy, sonnet, visual poetry, performance poetry, hip hop) as well as languages and national literatures. From this interdisciplinary and multi-methodological perspective, genres, periods, languages, and literatures are put into fruitful dialogue, new perspectives are discovered, and suggestions for further research are provided.
Poetry --- History and criticism. --- Criticism --- Genre. --- Interdisciplinary. --- Literary Studies. --- Poetry.
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Wer sich aufmacht, der Rede vom Plausiblen nachzuspüren, kommt zu einem eigenartigen Befund: In Alltag und Wissenschaft sind Aussagen, dass etwas »plausibel« ist, nahezu allgegenwärtig. Auf der anderen Seite zeigt sich, dass wissenschaftliche Konzeptualisierungen der im Begriff anklingenden Bedeutungen selten sind. Der Band bietet daher eine interdisziplinäre kulturwissenschaftliche Erkundung des Konzepts der Plausibilität und der Praxis des Plausibilisierens. Dabei beleuchten die Beiträger*innen soziokulturelle Erscheinungsformen, Modalitäten, Funktionsweisen, Dynamiken und Strategien des Plausibilisierens - jeweils in unterschiedlichen historischen und regionalen Kontexten.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. --- Aesthetics. --- Certainty. --- Cultural Studies. --- Cultural Theory. --- Culture. --- Literary Studies. --- Science. --- Self-understanding. --- Society. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Sociology of Knowledge.
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This series has been designed to offer students and researchers a compact means of orientation in their study of Anglophone literary texts. Each volume will introduce readers to current concepts and methodologies, as well as academic debates, by combining theory with text analysis and contextual anchoring.
Short stories, American --- History and criticism --- American short story. --- Fiction. --- Literary Criticism. --- Publishing. --- History and criticism.
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