Rethinking Tradition In English Language And Literary Studies

Author : Željka Babić,Tatjana Bijelić
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443879453

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Rethinking Tradition in English Language and Literary Studies by Željka Babić,Tatjana Bijelić Pdf

This volume deals with contemporary issues in the field of English studies in order to exchange ideas and experiences across the fields of English language and literary studies, with particular emphasis on cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary issues raised in the fields of culture, linguistics, translation studies and applied linguistics. By juxtaposing traditionalism and contemporaneity as starting points for presentation of research results, the collection critically evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of both and proposes new theoretical and critical paradigms. The specificity of the book lies in its focusing on the practical criticism and the study of particular linguistic, literary, and cultural phenomena. Insightful, thought-provoking and original chapters raise awareness of the existence of a variety of fresh scholarly research practices in the field of the English language and in literary studies on the whole.

Author : Nikolaus Ritt
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114885002

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Rethinking Middle English by Nikolaus Ritt Pdf

This volume presents Middle English studies as a modern discipline which unites linguistics, literature, philology, the history of ideas, textual studies including recent developments in the study of text types and genres, as well as the sociohistorical perspective. This large variety of both traditional and new approaches is mirrored in the four main parts of the book, starting with texts and text types, and moving on to vocabulary, syntax and morphology, and finally phonology and orthography. Aspects of language contact as well as corpus linguistic studies are also addressed in a number of contributions. Author are leading experts in their fields, and come from the United States, South Africa, and all parts of Europe.

Author : Wai-chee Dimock,Michael T. Gilmore
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0231076010

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Rethinking Class by Wai-chee Dimock,Michael T. Gilmore Pdf

In recent years, as the centrality of race and gender has been established in literary studies, class has often been seen as a crude and reductionist concept. For this volume, the editors have commissioned essays arguing for the continuing vitality as well as the energizing problematics of the category of class.

Author : Svati Joshi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015029473215

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Rethinking English by Svati Joshi Pdf

Author : Maura E. Hametz,Heidi Schlipphacke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501313462

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Sissi’s World by Maura E. Hametz,Heidi Schlipphacke Pdf

Sissi's World offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It investigates the myths, legends, and representations across literature, art, film, and other media of one of the most popular, revered, and misunderstood female figures in European cultural history. Sissi's World explores the cultural foundations for the endurance of the Sissi legends and the continuing fascination with the beautiful empress: a Bavarian duchess born in 1837, the longest-serving Austrian empress, and the queen of Hungary who died in 1898 at the hands of a crazed anarchist. Despite the continuing fascination with “the beloved Sissi," the Habsburg empress, her impact, and legacy have received scant attention from scholars. This collection will go beyond the popular biographical accounts, recountings of her mythic beauty, and scattered studies of her well-known eccentricities to offer transdisciplinary cultural perspectives across art, film, fashion, history, literature, and media.

Author : Roberta Rosenberg,Rachel Rubinstein
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294461

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Teaching Jewish American Literature by Roberta Rosenberg,Rachel Rubinstein Pdf

A multilingual, transnational literary tradition, Jewish American writing has long explored questions of personal identity and national boundaries. These questions can engage students in literature, writing, or religion; at Jewish, Christian, or secular schools; and in or outside the United States. This volume takes an expansive view of Jewish American literature, beginning with writing from the earliest colonies in the Americas and continuing to contemporary Soviet-born authors in the United States, including works that engage deeply with religious concepts and others that embrace assimilation. It invites readers to rethink the nature of American multiculturalism, suggests pairings of Jewish American texts with other ethnic American literatures, and examines the workings of whiteness and privilege. Contributors offer varied perspectives on classic texts such as Yekl, Bread Givers, and "Goodbye, Columbus," along with approaches to interdisciplinary topics including humor, graphic novels, and musical theater. The volume concludes with an extensive resources section.

Author : James Ogude,Grace A. Musila,Dina Ligaga
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Africa, East
ISBN : 1592218865

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Rethinking Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Landscapes by James Ogude,Grace A. Musila,Dina Ligaga Pdf

Bringing together diverse voices, genres and intellectual trajectories, Gikandi and Schirmer attempt to reflect on the state of production of, and engagement with, Eastern African literary cultures. The book revisits established intellectual debates and canonical texts. It also offers a powerful engagement with popular arts and performance, particularly in the manner in which genres such as drama, music and new media offer important insights into everyday life in the region.

Author : Laurie Finke
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501726255

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Feminist Theory, Women's Writing by Laurie Finke Pdf

In this rewarding book, Laurie A. Finke challenges assumptions about gender, the self, and the text which underlie fundamental constructs of contemporary feminist theory. She maintains that some of the key concepts structuring feminist literary criticism need to be reexamined within both their historical context and the larger framework of current theory concerning language, representation, subjectivity, and value.

Author : David Damrosch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118407684

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World Literature in Theory by David Damrosch Pdf

World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Coverage is split into four parts which examine the origins and seminal formulations of world literature, world literature in the age of globalization, contemporary debates on world literature, and localized versions of world literature Contains more than 30 important theoretical essays by the most influential scholars, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hugo Meltzl, Edward Said, Franco Moretti, Jorge Luis Borges, and Gayatri Spivak Includes substantive introductions to each essay, as well as an annotated bibliography for further reading Allows students to understand, articulate, and debate the most important issues in this rapidly changing field of study

Author : Angelie Multani,Swati Pal,Nandini Saha,Albeena Shakil,Arjun Ghosh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781000892208

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From Canon to Covid by Angelie Multani,Swati Pal,Nandini Saha,Albeena Shakil,Arjun Ghosh Pdf

This multi-genre collection of chapters presents the dramatic transformation of English Studies in India since the early 1990s. It showcases the shift from the study of mainly British literature and language to a more versatile terrain of multilingualism, culture, performance, theory, and the literary Global South. Tracing this transition, the volume discusses themes like Indian literary history, postcolonial theory, post-pandemic challenges to literary studies, the state of Indian English drama, vernacular literature in English Studies and pedagogy, translations of feminist writers from South Asia, caste, and othering in literature, among other key themes. The volume, with contributions from eminent English Studies scholars, not only reflects the altered terrain of English Language and Literature in India but also invites readers to think about the transformative potential of the present juncture for both literary imagination and literary studies. This timely book, in honour of Professor GJV Prasad, will be of interest to scholars and researchers of English Studies, cultural studies, literature, comparative literature, translation studies, postcolonial studies, and critical theory.

Author : G. Watson,S. Zyngier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230624856

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Literature and Stylistics for Language Learners by G. Watson,S. Zyngier Pdf

This volume presents the state of the art in terms of stylistic research and application, including EFL and ESL language classroom situations. Some of the most prominent scholars from a variety of backgrounds in the field of pedagogical stylistics show how theory, empirical studies and new technology, including corpus analysis, can be integrated into the classroom.

Author : Gaurav Desai,John Hawley
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603293983

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh by Gaurav Desai,John Hawley Pdf

The prizewinning author of novels, nonfiction, and hybrid texts, Amitav Ghosh grew up in India and trained as an anthropologist. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. They cross and mix a number of genres, from science fiction to the historical novel, incorporating ethnohistory and travelogue and even recuperating dead languages. His subjects include climate change, postcolonial identities, translocation, migration, oceanic spaces, and the human interface with the environment. Part 1 of this volume discusses editions of Ghosh's works and the scholarship on Ghosh. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," present ideas for teaching his works through considerations of postcolonial feminism, historicity in the novels, environmentalism, language, sociopolitical conflict, genre, intersectional reading, and the ethics of colonized subjecthood. Guidance for teaching Ghosh in different contexts, such as general education, world literature, or single-author classes, is provided.

Author : Myles Chilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317574972

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English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’ by Myles Chilton Pdf

This book addresses the shape of English studies beyond the ‘center’ by analyzing how the discipline has developed, and by considering how lessons from this analysis relate to the discipline as a whole. The book aims to open a cross-disciplinary conversation about the nature of the English major in both non-Anglophone and Anglophone countries by addressing the tensions between language and literature pedagogy, the relevance of a focus on hyper-canonical Anglophone literature in a world of global Englishes, world literature, and multilingual students, and by reflecting on the necessary contingency and cross-purposes of blended literature and language classrooms. Many of the book’s points of discussion arise from the author’s experience as an English professor in Japan, where the particularities of English language and literature pedagogy raise significant challenges to Anglo-centric critical and pedagogical assumptions. English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’: Teaching Literature and the Future of Global English therefore argues that English literature must make a case for itself by understanding its place in a newly configured discipline. Issues discussed in the book include: English language and literature pedagogy in Japan The modes through which EFL and English literary studies converge and diverge Globalized English beyond the Anglo-American perspective English classroom practices, particularly in Japan

Author : Kaarina Koski,Frog,Ulla Savolainen
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789522228444

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Genre - text - interpretation by Kaarina Koski,Frog,Ulla Savolainen Pdf

This book presents current discussions on the concept of genre. It introduces innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to contemporary and historical genres, their roles in cultural discourse, how they change, and their relations to each other. The reader is guided into the discussion surrounding this key concept and its history through a general introduction, followed by eighteen chapters that represent a variety of discursive practices as well as analytic methods from several scholarly traditions. This volume will have wide appeal to several academic audiences within the humanities, both in Finland and abroad, and will especially be of interest to scholars of folklore, language and cultural expression.

Author : Sahdev Luhar,Madhurita Choudhary
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527500495

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Constructing a New Canon of Post-1980s Indian English Fiction by Sahdev Luhar,Madhurita Choudhary Pdf

The literary canon implies the evaluation or estimation of certain literary texts as the most important during a particular time. The canon is not merely a set of texts; it is a set of standards, evaluative procedures and values. Belonging to a canon confers a guarantee of literary greatness. A canon is formed, by a particular group, to channelize cultural hegemony over others, or, can be constructed, by a governed group, to bring about cultural symmetry. The rise of diverse literatures in English in different parts of the world after the colonial rule of England was the consequence of an urge to articulate a cultural equilibrium or an urge to strike back. The process of canon formation is also a focused and bigoted act, and is always carried out to accomplish certain self-centred objectives. It is commonly accepted that canon formation is executed to accomplish or naturalize certain ideological functions. In the sphere of Indian English literature, Indian English fiction after the end of the 1980s has emerged as a new “canon”. This book looks into the process of literary canon formation in Indian universities, and examines such fiction as an alternative literary canon and as an anti-imperialistic response to the British literary canon. The book ascertains the anti-imperialistic design involved in forming the canon of post-1980 Indian English fiction, examines the gradual emerging trends in such fiction, and discerns the role of language, culture, and native ethos in the formation of a canon. It also differentiates post-1980s Indian English fiction from British fiction, bhasa fiction, and even from pre-1980s Indian English fiction.