| Description |
xviii, 421 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Palgrave student companions |
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Palgrave student companions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-402) and index. |
| Summary |
"What does it mean to study English Literature? How can you navigate and get the most from your degree? [This book] is your comprehensive introduction to, and exploration of, the discipline of English and Literary Studies. It is your adviser on key decisions, and your one-stop reference source throughout the course. It combines: a wide-ranging introduction to the nature, breadth and key components of the study of English Literature; essays by experts in the field on key topics, periods and critical approaches; a glossary of critical terms and a chronology of literary history; guidance about study skills, from using your time effectively to the practical mechanics of writing essays; extensive signposting to wider reading and further sources of information; advice on key decisions taken during a degree and on subsequent career direction and further study. Giving you the foundation and resources you need for success in English Literature, this book is essential pre-course reading and will be an invaluable reference resource throughout your degree."--From back cover. |
| Contents |
1. About literature -- Literature: fundamental questions -- Introduction -- What is literature? / Bill Overton -- Why study literature? / Kenneth Womack -- Your literature course -- What to expect from your literature course -- Typical structure and content -- Literature and language -- Literature and creative writing / Jennifer Cooke -- Comparative literature / Doris Bremm -- Getting the most from your course -- Study skills for literature -- Introduction -- Study skills / Christopher Ringrose -- Writing and presentation -- 2. Literature modules -- Literature -- Introduction -- Critical studies: an example of a core module -- Conclusion -- Periods -- Old English literature / Philippa Semper -- Medieval literature / David Griffith -- The sixteenth century / Joan Fitzpatrick -- The seventeenth century / Hugh Adlington -- The eighteenth century / Bill Overton -- Romanticism and gothic / Ian McCormick -- The nineteenth century and the Victorians / Carolyn Kelley -- Modernism / Alex Murray -- Contemporary literature -- Forms, genres and other popular modules -- Introduction -- Tragedy -- Comedy -- The novel / Helen Wright -- Poetry / Bill Overton -- Drama / Neal Swettenham and Robert John Brocklehurst -- Epic / Nigel Wood -- Lyric / Nigel Wood -- Satire / Nigel Wood -- Realism / Lawrence Phillips -- Fiction / Lawrence Phillips -- Postmodern fiction / Alex Murray -- Gender / Doris Bremm -- Class / Nick /freeman -- Colonial and postcolonial literature / Jenni Ramone -- Subjectivity / Megan Becker-Leckrone -- Children's literature / Jenny Bavidge -- Film studies / Andrew Dix -- Popular fiction / Jan Baetens -- American literature / Brian Jarvis and Andrew Dix -- |
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3. Critical approaches and schools of thought -- Critical approaches -- Introduction -- Formalism / Meghan Becker-Leckrone -- Archetypal criticism / Doris Bremm -- New criticism / Megan Becker-Leckrone -- Bakhtin and dialogic criticism / Karine Zbinden -- Feminism / Ruth Robbins -- Marxism / Alex Murray -- Structuralism / Alex Murray -- Psychoanalysis / Brian Jarvis -- Deconstruction / Maria-Daniella Dick -- Postcolonialism / Jenni Ramone -- New historicism / Christopher Ringrose -- Cultural materialism / Alex Murray -- African American criticism / Andrew Dix -- Chicano/a studies / Jenni Ramone -- Gay studies and queer theory / Helen Davies -- Cultural studies / Brian Jarvis -- Ecocriticism / Jenny Bavidge -- Postmodernism / Andrew Dix -- 4. Key terms and concepts in English literature / Julian Wolfreys, Ruth Robbins and Kenneth Womack -- 5. Career pathways -- Career pathways -- Introduction -- Careers for English graduate / Ruth Robbins -- The experience of a degree in English / Claire Bowditch -- Interview / Claire Bowditch -- Conclusion -- 6. Learning resource -- Chronology. |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780230008137 (pbk. : perm paper) |
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0230008135 (pbk. : perm paper) |
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