Literary analysis : the basics / Celena Kusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kusch, Celena, author.

Series:

Basics

The basics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Literary form.

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature--Theory, etc.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 150 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Literary Analysis: The Basics is an insightful introduction to analysing a wide range of literary forms. Providing a clear outline of the methodologies employed in twenty-first-century literary analysis, it introduces readers to the genres, canons, terms, issues, critical approaches, and contexts that affect the analysis of any text. It addresses such questions as: What counts as literature? Is analysis a dissection? How do gender, race, class, and culture affect the meaning of a text? Why is the social and historical context of a text important? Can digital media be analysed In the same way as a poem? With examples ranging from ancient myths to young adult fiction, a glossary of key terms, and suggestions for further reading, Literary Analysis: The Basics Is essential reading for anyone wishing to improve their analytical reading skills. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: thinking about literature 1

What is literature? 1

Analysis, classics, and the literary canon 6

Readers, authors, and meanings 13

What does it really mean? Analysis and evidence 19

References and further reading 21

2 Close reading: words and forms 23

Animal, vegetable, or mineral: Why genre matters 24

Analysing language 30

Poetics and literary terms 37

References and further reading 49

3 Analysis in context 52

History and literature, literature as history 55

Literary periods and movements: Communities of writers 59

Cultural contexts 75

References and further reading 78

4 Comparative analysis Common themes 83

Translation, variation, repetition, and remixing 85

References and further reading 92

5 Analysis and the critics 94

About criticism 96

Reading criticism and identifying critical debates 98

Critical response 101

References and further reading 106

6 Analysis and literary theory 108

Everyone has a theory 110

Everything is a construction 123

Everything is a text 125

References and further reading 128

7 Conclusion: analytical writing 132

Academic writing about literature 133

The popular critic; Writing about literature in the world 138

References and further reading 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415747097

0415747090

9780415747103

0415747104

OCLC:

924682816