Politics and Value in English Studies - A Discipline in Crisis?

Klappentext The impact of the 'theory industry' on English studies! and its implications for the future. Zusammenfassung This 1993 book examines the ways in which the recent growth of the 'theory industry' in English studies has threatened its status as a discipline! and argues that the attempt by radical critics on both sides of the Atlantic to politicize English studies will have profound consequences. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preliminaries; 2. The nature of disciplinary knowledge; 3. Authority and value; 4. Value in literary history; 5. Value in text-editing; 6. The discipline of English.

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• Autori: Josephine M. Guy, Josephine M. Small Guy, Ian Small, Small Ian
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112130
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11213-0
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; English, Literary studies: general, Language: reference and general