Literary Criticism In The 21st Century

Author : Vincent B. Leitch
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 147252831X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Criticism in the 21st Century written by Vincent B. Leitch and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a decade literary criticism has been thought to be in a post-theory age. Despite this, the work of thinkers such as Derrida, Deleuze and Foucault and new writers such as Agamben and Ranciere continue to be central to literary studies. Literary Criticism in the 21st Century explores the explosion of new theoretical approaches that has seen a renaissance in theory and its importance in the institutional settings of the humanities today. Literary Criticism in the 21st Century covers such issues as: The institutional history of theory in the academy The case against theory, from the 1970s to today Critical reading, theory and the wider world Keystone works in contemporary theory New directions and theory's many futures Written with an engagingly personal and accessible approach that brings theory vividly to life, this is a passionate defence of theory and its continuing relevance in the 21st century.

Author : Anirudh Sridhar
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030711390
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Work of Reading written by Anirudh Sridhar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination of the developments in the field of literary studies from the early 2000s onwards within the context of the systematic problems in the humanities. This volume analyzes the origins of the current methods—including New Historicism, empiricism, New Formalism, postcritique, and others—and posits alternatives to the present state of literary studies. At a time when many aspects of current methods show a desire to adopt values from other disciplines to solve internal crises, this volume advocates a renewed focus on questions of form by means of the praxis of aesthetic study, close reading, and other modes of engaging directly with literary texts.

Author : Julian Wolfreys
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748695311
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Criticism in the 21st Century written by Julian Wolfreys and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and revised edition provides 14 chapters introducing new modes of 'hybrid' criticism which have emerged in the twenty-first century.

Author : Anis Shivani
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1680031309
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Writing in the 21st Century written by Anis Shivani and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Literary Writing in the 21st Century an incredible array of today’s leading fiction writers, poets, critics, editors, publishers, and booksellers engage in no-holds-barred dialogue about the challenging issues facing writing and publishing today. Whether it’s the impact of innovative technologies, proliferation of new modes of teaching and learning, changing economic dynamics for publishers, shifting criteria to judge quality writing in a global context, or redefinitions of authorship amidst larger cultural changes, this book provides a cornucopia of strongly articulated opinions. It also serves as a manual for students enrolled in formal programs of creative writing, as well as those pursuing writing independently. Deploying his signature wit and unconventional insights, these wide-ranging cultural conversations are mediated by one of our most thought-provoking literary critics and are sure to prompt spirited dialogue both inside and outside the classroom.

Author : Nicholas Birns
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770482539
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory After Theory written by Nicholas Birns and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory After Theory provides an overview of developments in literary theory after 1950. It is intended both as a handbook for readers to learn about theory and an intellectual history of the recent past in literary criticism for those interested in seeing how it fits in with the larger culture. Accessible but rigorous, this book provides a wealth of historical and intellectual context that allows the reader to make sense of the movements in recent literary theory.

Author : Stephanie LeMenager
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136710515
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century written by Stephanie LeMenager and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century showcases the recent explosive expansion of environmental criticism, which is actively transforming three areas of broad interest in contemporary literary and cultural studies: history, scale, and science. With contributors engaging texts from the medieval period through the twenty-first century, the collection brings into focus recent ecocritical concern for the long durations through which environmental imaginations have been shaped. Contributors also address problems of scale, including environmental institutions and imaginations that complicate conventional rubrics such as the national, local, and global. Finally, this collection brings together a set of scholars who are interested in drawing on both the sciences and the humanities in order to find compelling stories for engaging ecological processes such as global climate change, peak oil production, nuclear proliferation, and food scarcity. Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century offers powerful proof that cultural criticism is itself ecologically resilient, evolving to meet the imaginative challenges of twenty-first-century environmental crises.

Author : Jean-Michel Rabaté
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1108426107
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Derrida written by Jean-Michel Rabaté and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays introduces the ideas of philosopher Jacques Derrida who exerts a huge influence on literary criticism.

Author : Anirudh Sridhar
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030711382
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Work of Reading written by Anirudh Sridhar and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination of the developments in the field of literary studies from the early 2000s onwards within the context of the systematic problems in the humanities. This volume analyzes the origins of the current methods—including New Historicism, empiricism, New Formalism, postcritique, and others—and posits alternatives to the present state of literary studies. At a time when many aspects of current methods show a desire to adopt values from other disciplines to solve internal crises, this volume advocates a renewed focus on questions of form by means of the praxis of aesthetic study, close reading, and other modes of engaging directly with literary texts.

Author : Mark William Roche
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300104493
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Literature Matters in the 21st Century written by Mark William Roche and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerned with literature as the teacher of virtue, Roche bemoans the current crisis in the humanities, & claims that it has arisen from the separation of art & morality.

Author : Susan Rowland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317202295
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jungian Literary Criticism written by Susan Rowland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Jungian Literary Criticism: the essential guide, Susan Rowland demonstrates how ideas such as archetypes, the anima and animus, the unconscious and synchronicity can be applied to the analysis of literature. Jung’s emphasis on creativity was central to his own work, and here Rowland illustrates how his concepts can be applied to novels, poetry, myth and epic, allowing a reader to see their personal, psychological and historical contribution. This multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach challenges the notion that Jungian ideas cannot be applied to literary studies, exploring Jungian themes in canonical texts by authors including Shakespeare, Jane Austen and W. B. Yeats as well as works by twenty-first century writers, such as in digital literary art. Rowland argues that Jung’s works encapsulate realities beyond narrow definitions of what a single academic discipline ought to do, and through using case studies alongside Jung’s work she demonstrates how both disciplines find a home in one another. Interweaving Jungian analysis with literature, Jungian Literary Criticism explores concepts from the shadow to contemporary issues of ecocriticism and climate change in relation to literary works, and emphasises the importance of a reciprocal relationship. Each chapter concludes with key definitions, themes and further reading, and the book encourages the reader to examine how worldviews change when disciplines combine. The accessible approach of Jungian Literary Criticism: the essential guide will appeal to academics and students of literary studies, Jungian and post-Jungian studies, literary theory, environmental humanities and ecocentrism. It will also be of interest to Jungian analysts and therapists in training and in practice.