Literature: An Introduction to Theory and Analysis
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen · Lasse Horne Kjældgaard · Lis Møller · Lilian Munk Rösing · Peter Simonsen · Dan Ringgaard
Mar 2017 · Bloomsbury Publishing
eBook
400
Pages
About this eBook
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.
The companion website to the book litdh.au.dk focuses on digital humanities and literary studies. For each topic in the book you will find an introduction to computational aspects of the topic, approaches for both newcomers and advanced users, and references to tools, scripts and articles. The website also has a comprehensive and well-structured reference page.
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.
The companion website to the book litdh.au.dk focuses on digital humanities and literary studies. For each topic in the book you will find an introduction to computational aspects of the topic, approaches for both newcomers and advanced users, and references to tools, scripts and articles. The website also has a comprehensive and well-structured reference page.
About the author
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen is Professor with Special Responsibilities of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Lasse Horne Kjældgaard is Professor of Danish Literature at Roskilde University, Denmark
Lis Møller is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Dan Ringgaard is is Professor of Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Lilian Munk Rösing is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter Simonsen is Professor of European Literature at the University of Southern Denmark.
Lasse Horne Kjældgaard is Professor of Danish Literature at Roskilde University, Denmark
Lis Møller is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Dan Ringgaard is is Professor of Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Lilian Munk Rösing is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter Simonsen is Professor of European Literature at the University of Southern Denmark.
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