Genres in discourse / Tzvetan Todorov ; translated by Catherine Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939-2017.

Standardized Title:

Genres du discours. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Literature.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

vii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Summary:

This is a collection in translation of recent essays by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the most eminent of contemporary literary critics. In the first section of this volume Todorov proposes definitions for the notions of literature, discourse and genre. Following is a general discussion of the two principal literary genres, fiction and poetry. Finally in the third section of essays Todorov examines works of individual authors as case studies; among them Poe, Dostoevsky, Conrad and James.

Contents:

1. The Notion of Literature 1

2. The Origin of Genres 13

3. The Two Principles of Narrative 27

4. Reading as Construction 39

5. A Poetic Novel 50

6. Poetry without Verse 60

7. Notes from the Underground 72

8. The Limits of Edgar Poe 93

9. Heart of Darkness 103

10. The Awkward Age 113.

Notes:

Translation of: Les genres du discours.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

052134249X

0521349990

OCLC:

21293301