Name: Why Study Literature?
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Author: Alber, Jan ; Andersen Kraglund, Rikke ; Iversen, Stefan
ISBN: 9788779345515

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Aarhus University Press

Author

Alber, Jan ; Andersen Kraglund, Rikke ; Iversen, Stefan

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.6x15x2 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN

8779345514

ISBN13

9788779345515

Synopsis "Why Study Literature?"

This book presents new ways of thinking about the historical, epistemological and institutional role of literature, and aims at providing a theoretically well-founded basis for what might otherwise be considered a relatively unfounded historical fact, i.e. that both literature and the teaching of literature hold a privileged position in many educational institutions. The contributors take their point of departure in the title of the volume and use narratological, historical, cognitive, rhetorical, postcolonial and political frameworks to pursue two separate but not necessarily related questions: Why literature? and, Why study? This collection brings together theoretical studies and critical analyses on literature as a medium among, and compared to, other media and includes essays on the physical and mental geography of literature, focusing on the consequences and values of its reading and studying.

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