Using Critical TheoryExplaining both why theory is important and how to use it, Lois Tyson introduces beginning students of literature to this often daunting area in a friendly and approachable style. The new edition of this textbook is clearly structured with chapters based on major theories that students are expected to cover in their studies
Literature to GoLiterature to Go is a brief collection of stories, poems, and plays accompanied by thorough critical reading and writing support. With literature from many periods, cultures, and diverse voices, the book is also a complete guide to close reading, critical thinking, and thoughtful writing about literature. The book features 132 new, carefully chosen stories, poems, and plays―continuing the anthology’s mission to present literature as a living, changing art form.
Net English Complete Course (2021-03)Complete Guide to English Literature.
This course is primarily for those who want to succeed in UGC NTA NET/JRF (National Eligibility Test) and other national level exams. In this I have included all the important sectors of English Literature such as British Literature, Indian English Literature, Commonwealth Literature, Literary Criticism and Theory etc. I have also included an exclusive section on Cultural Studies. Enough reading materials and quizzes are provided that will certainly help diligent students pass the exams.
A collection of original essays and innovative reading strategies--provides examples of reading Dickens in creative and challenging ways Reading Dickens Differentlyfeatures contributions from many of the field's leading scholars, offering creative ways of reading Dickens and enriching understanding of the most celebrated author of his time. A diverse range of innovative reading strategies--archival, historical, textual, and digital--representing new and exciting approaches to contemporary literary and cultural studies.
Literature and Understanding investigates the cognitive gain from literature by focussing on a reader’s close analysis of a literary text. It examines the meaning of ‘literature’, outlines the most prominent positions in the literary cognitivism debate, explores the practice of close reading from a philosophical perspective, provides a fresh account of what we mean by ‘understanding’ and in so doing opens up a new area of research in the philosophy of literature.
