Literature : an introduction to theory and analysis / edited by Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Lasse Horne Kjuldgaard, Lis Møller, Dan Ringgaard, Lilian Munk Rösing, and Peter Simonsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl, 1972- editor.

Kjuldgaard, Lasse Horne, editor.

Møller, Lis, editor.

Ringgaard, Dan, editor.

Rösing, Lilian Munk, 1967- editor.

Simonsen, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 454 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2020.

Summary:

"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 an easy-to-navigate format, Literature: An Introduction to Theory and Analysis covers such topics as: ·Key definitions ? from plot, character and style to genre, trope and author ·Literature's relationship to the surrounding world ? ethics, politics, gender and nature ·Modes of literature and criticism ? from books to performance, from creative to critical writing With annotated reading guides throughout and a glossary of major critical schools to help students when studying, revising and writing essays, this is an essential introduction and reference guide to the study of literature at all levels."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen and Lasse Horne Kjuldgaard and Lis Møller and Dan Ringgaard and Lilian Munk Rösing and Peter Simonsen

Part I. Texts

1. Literature / Lasse Horne Kjuldgaard and Peter Simonsen

2. Interpretation / Jesper Gulddal

3. Genre / Eva Hättner Aurelius

4. Narrative / Stefan Iversen

5. Character / Lis Møller

6. The Narrator / Jan Alber

7. Style / Lilian Munk Rösing

8. Sensation / Isak Winkel Holm

9. Rhythm / Dan Ringgaard

10. Tropes / Christoph Bode

11. Intertextuality / Elisabeth Friis

Part II. Contexts

12. Author /Jon Helt Haarder

13. Reader / Winfried Fluck

14. History / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

15. Ethics / Lasse Horne Kjuldgaard

16. Politics / Jakob Ladegaard

17. Gender / Lilla Toke and Karen Weingarten

18. Ethnicity / Tabish Khair

19. Desire / Lilian Munk Rösing

20. Nature / Peter Mortensen

21. Place / Frederik Tygstrup

22. Things / Karin Sanders

23. Mobility / Søren Frank

24. Memory / Ann Rigney

Part III. Practices

25. Archive / Dennis Yi Tenen

26. Books / Tore Rye Andersen

27. Remediation / Kiene Brillenburg Wurth

28. Art / Peter Simonsen

29. Performance / Claire Warden

30. Translation / Karen Emmerich

31. Creative Writing / Kiene Brillenburg Wurth

32. Critical Writing / Gloria Fisk

33. Quality / Susan Bassnett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474271998

1474271995

9781474272001

1474272002

9781474271981

1474271987

OCLC:

1201426775