Reconstruction in Literary Studies

An Informalist Approach
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-42882-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 5207 g

Pointing the way toward a revitalized future for the study of literature, Reconstruction in Literary Studies draws on philosophical pragmatism to justify the academic study of literature. In turn, Vescio connects the changing field to its social function as an institution.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vescio, B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Formalism, Anti-Formalism, and Informalism PART I: INFORMALISM VS. FORMALISM 1. Purposiveness with a Purpose: Post-Darwinian Aesthetics and Literary Studies 2. Experiences or Vocabularies?: Pragmatism, Textualism, and the Teaching of Literature 3. The Ministry of Disturbance: Literary Studies without Method PART II: INFORMALISM VS. ANTI-FORMALISM 4. The Legacy of Deconstruction: Quasi-Transcendental Philosophy and Quasi-Private Literature 5. The Very Idea of Literature: A New Cultural Formalism Conclusion: Literary Studies and the Culture of Justification

Über Autor(innen)

Bryan Vescio is Associate Professor of English and Humanistic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA.