Vescio Reconstruction in Literary Studies

An Informalist Approach
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-42883-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 251 Seiten, eBook

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.

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.