The Novel (eBook, PDF)

An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000
Redaktion: Hale, Dorothy J.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000 is a collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century. * * Traces the rise of novel theory and the extension of its influence into other disciplines, especially social, cultural and political theory. * Broad in scope, including sections on formalism; the Chicago School; structuralism and narratology; deconstruction; psychoanalysis; Marxism; social discourse; gender; post-colonialism; and more. * Includes whole essays or chapters wherever possible. * Headnotes introduce and link each piece, enabling readers to draw connections between different schools of thought. * Encourages students to approach theoretical texts with confidence, applying the same skills they bring to literary texts. * Includes a volume introduction, a selected bibliography, an index of topics and short author biographies to support study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 840
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405151078
• Artikelnr.: 38280974

Autorenporträt

Dorothy J. Hale is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Social Formalism: The Novel in Theory from Henry James to the Present (1998), which won the George and Barbara Perkins Prize given yearly by the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature for the best book published on narrative.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Form and Function.

2. The Chicago School.

3. Structuralism and Narratology.

4. Deconstruction.

5. Psychoanalytic Approaches.

6. Marxist Approaches.

7. Histories of the Novel, Narratives of History.

8. Reader Response.

9. The Novel as Social Discourse.

10. Gender and the Novel.

11. Post-Colonialism and the Novel.

12. Post-Modernism and the Novel.

Index

Rezensionen

"Readers of Dorothy J. Hale's The Novel: An Anthology ofCriticism and Theory 1900-2000 will find the volume to be twobooks in one. One book is the anthology proper, which bringstogether essays that theorize the complex nature and history ofnovelistic fiction. Those essays became classroom classics incolleges and universities during the last forty years of the 20thcentury. The second is a virtual book of its own comprised ofHale's brilliant introductions to the theoretical essays.Elaborating each of the essays, interweaving their significance andthe significance of the schools of theory from which the essaysderive, Hale's meditations are a supplemental bonus to all teachersand students with a taste for 'novel theory.' "Robert L. Caserio, author of Plot, Story and the Novel andThe Novel in England 1900-1950: History and Theory.