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Beyond Literary Studies: A Counter-Theoretical Approach

Beyond Literary Studies: A Counter-Theoretical Approach

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Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1476668558
ISBN13: 9781476668550
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 3 2017
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This response to the current crisis in the field of literary studies describes the fundamental flaws of poststructuralist literary criticism, which has become a self-serving enterprise at the expense of scholarship at large and students in particular. Outlining an improved approach that meets the expectations of 21st-century students and teachers, the author proposes a new definition of the literary object of study which addresses the inconsistencies of the literary canon by including nontraditional narratives such as films, comic books and pop songs.

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