An Introduction to Literary StudiesAn Introduction to Literary Studiesprovides the beginner with an accessible and comprehensive survey of literature. Systematically taking in theory, genre and literary history, Klarer provides easy to understand descriptions of a variety of approaches to texts. This invaluable guide includes sections on:
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Contents
What is literature what is a text? | 1 |
1 Genre text type and discourse | 3 |
2 Primary and secondary sources | 5 |
Major genres in textual studies | 9 |
1 Fiction | 10 |
2 Poetry | 28 |
3 Drama | 44 |
4 Film | 56 |
3 Readeroriented approaches | 92 |
4 Contextoriented approaches | 94 |
5 Literary critique or evaluation | 100 |
Where and how to find secondary literature | 103 |
How to write a scholarly paper | 109 |
Suggestions for further reading | 121 |
Glossary of literary and cinematographic terms | 131 |
Notes | 149 |
Periods of English Literatures | 67 |
Theoretical approaches to literature | 75 |
1 Textoriented approaches | 79 |
2 Authororiented approaches | 90 |
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