Cette série explore les théories critiques et les études littéraires, examinant les concepts et les approches clés qui ont façonné la compréhension moderne de la littérature. Elle offre des analyses approfondies et des cadres théoriques essentiels pour les étudiants comme pour les universitaires. Chaque volume constitue un guide accessible mais rigoureux sur des idées complexes. Cette collection est une ressource indispensable pour quiconque cherche à approfondir son engagement dans la critique littéraire.
Metaphor is a central concept in literary studies, but it is also prevalent in everyday language and speech. This volume establishes the classical background of the term from its philosophical roots to the religious and political tradition of metaphor in the East; and relates metaphor to the public realms of culture and politics.
Temporalities presents a concise critical introduction to the treatment of time throughout literature. Russell West-Pavlov examines time as a crucial part of the critical theories of Newton, Freud, Ricoeur, Benjamin, and through related concepts, such as psychology, gender and postmodernism. The author also explores representations of time in a broad range of texts, ranging from the writings of St. Augustine and Sterne's Tristram Shandy, to Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. This comprehensive and accessible guide establishes temporality as an essential theme within literary and cultural studies.
Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis.
Poetry criticism is a subject central to the study of literature. However, it is laden with technical terms that, to the beginning student, can be both intimidating and confusing. Philip Hobsbaum provides a welcome remedy, illuminating terms ranging from the iambus to the bob-wheel stanza, and forms from the Spenserian sonnet to modern 'rap', with clarity and comprehensiveness. It is an essential guide through the terminology which will be invaluable reading for undergraduates new to the subject.
This book serves as a valuable introduction to travel writing, exploring themes of space, language, colonialism, globalization, and politics. It provides essential insights into terminology, history, and key debates, making it ideal for newcomers to the genre.
This lively introduction demonstrates the importance of parody for literary and cultural studies, clearly explaining complex arguments around it.
Includes a history of science fiction, and the ways in, which the genre has been used and defined. This book provides explanations of key concepts in science fiction criticism and theory. It introduces the reader to nineteenth- century, Pulp, Golden Age, New Wave, Feminist, and Cyberpunk science fictions.
This revised edition provides a broad analysis of the term 'discourse' and a thorough examination of the many theoretical assumptions surrounding it.
This fully updated second edition traces the ways in which centuries of human beings have used narrative to make sense of time, space and identity.
Gary Day traces the phenomenon of class from the medieval to the postmodern period, examining its relevance to literary and cultural analysis today.
Concise and practical, Travel Writing is the ideal introduction for those new to the subject, as well as a crucial overview of the terminology, history and debates within the field.
Definitions of humanism have evolved throughout the centuries as the term has been adopted for a variety of purposes. This book offers an introduction to the many uses of this influential yet complex concept and includes a discussion of the key figures in humanist debate from Erasmus and Milton to Chomsky, Heidegger and Foucault.
In this book, Aidan Day considers the history and usage of the term Romanticism, and the changing views and debates which surround it, and traces its history through 19th and 20th century readings, incorporating contemporary debates.
A clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism, this guide is vital reading for students of literature, in particular those working on the realist novel. schovat popis
Subjectivity explores the history of theories of selfhood, from the classical era to the present and demonstrates how those theories can be applied in literary and cultural criticism. It examines all the major methodologies and theoretical emphases of the 20th and 21st centuries.
No text has its meaning alone; all texts have their meaning in relation to other texts. Since Julia Kristeva coined the term in the 1960s, intertextuality has been a dominant idea within literary and cultural studies leaving none of the traditional ideas about reading or writing undisturbed. Graham Allen's Intertextuality outlines clearly the history and the use of the term in contemporary theory, demonstrating how it has been employed in: structuralism post-structuralism deconstruction postcolonialism Marxism feminism psychoanalytic theory. Incorporating a wealth of illuminating examples from literary and cultural texts, this book offers an invaluable introduction to intertextuality for any students of literature and culture.
Colonialism/Postcolonialism is the essential introduction to this area of literary and cultural study. It is the ideal guide for students of postcolonial studies and theory.