Publisher's Synopsis
Encyclopaedia of the Methods and Materials of Literary Criticism The Bases presents explanation of techniques used in the process of literary criticism will be valuable to both student and professor. Remarkably readable and engaging, the text makes even complex concepts manageable for those beginning to think about literary theory, and example analyses for each type of criticism show how real students have applied the theories to works. Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. The text An Introduction to the Methods and Materials of Literary Criticism focuses on methods and materials of literary criticism. First chapter discusses on world literatures and Romanian literary criticism. Second chapter deals with intersections between literary criticism and sociology in Argentina and Brazil. Christian literary criticism and the concept of tragedy have been proposed in third chapter. The anthropology of speech-act literary criticism has been presented in fourth chapter. The anti-romantic reaction in modern (IST) literary criticism has been focused in fifth chapter. Sixth chapter presents literary criticism and its theory. Seventh chapter offers a basic orientation to the study of ancient literary criticism. The theories of rhetoric and composition pedagogy have been presented in eighth chapter. By drawing attention to the unexplored dialogue between Greek criticism and Latin literature, last chapter aims to present a new vision of rhetorical and literary culture in late republican and early imperial Rome.
