Literature: An Introduction to Theory and Analysis
Rosendahl Thomsen Ma
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Description for Literature: An Introduction to Theory and Analysis
Hardback. Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory. Editor(s): Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl; Kjaeldgaard, Lasse Home; Moller, Lis; Ringgaard, Dan; Rosing, Lilian Munk; Simonsen, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 927.
How does literature work? And what does it mean? How does it relate to the world: to politics, to history, to the environment? How do we analyse and interpret a literary text, paying attention to its specific poetic and fictitious qualities? This wide-ranging introduction helps students to explore these and many other essential questions in the study of literature, criticism and theory. In a series of introductory chapters, leading international scholars present the fundamental topics of literary studies through conceptual definitions as well as interpretative readings of works familiar from a range of world literary traditions. In ... Read more
How does literature work? And what does it mean? How does it relate to the world: to politics, to history, to the environment? How do we analyse and interpret a literary text, paying attention to its specific poetic and fictitious qualities? This wide-ranging introduction helps students to explore these and many other essential questions in the study of literature, criticism and theory. In a series of introductory chapters, leading international scholars present the fundamental topics of literary studies through conceptual definitions as well as interpretative readings of works familiar from a range of world literary traditions. In ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474271974
SKU
V9781474271974
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About Rosendahl Thomsen Ma
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen is Professor with Special Responsibilities of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. Lasse Horne Kjældgaard is Professor of Danish Literature at Roskilde University, Denmark Lis Møller is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. Dan Ringgaard is is Professor of Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Aarhus ... Read more
Reviews for Literature: An Introduction to Theory and Analysis
[Employs] engaging writing and [a] clear layout of the topic ... A great resource for first timers in literary theory. The second and third sections of the volume are of greatest interest and can prove useful to those who wish to grasp how literary studies have embraced a wider scope both in theory and practice.
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