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Informationen zum Autor JILL LE BIHAN Lecturer in English, Sheffield Hallam University, UKKATHERINE BYRNE Lecturer in English, University of Ulster, UKMADELENA GONZALEZ Professor of English Literature, University of Avignon, France ANDREW HADFIELD Professor of English, University of Sussex, UKANDREW JAMES Lecturer, Chikushi Women's University, JapanVINCENT B. LEITCH George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma, USANEIL MURPHY Associate Professor of Contemporary Literature, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeSTEPHEN SHAPIRO Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Warwick University, UKLEONA TOKER Professor in the English Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Klappentext Teaching Theory offers a selection of essays on the pragmatics, benefits and shortcomings of Theory as a key aspect of literature teaching in universities. They range from reflective discussions of Theory as an intellectual challenge for undergraduates to accounts of the day-to-day problems of planning and teaching courses and implementing Theory.Teaching Theory offers a selection of essays on the pragmatics, benefits and shortcomings of Theory as a key aspect of literature teaching in universities. They range from reflective discussions of Theory as an intellectual challenge for undergraduates to accounts of the day-to-day problems of planning and teaching courses and implementing Theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction: The History and Present Condition of Theory: A Brief Account Teaching Theory; V.B.Leitch Appendix: Theory Heuristics: Short Guide for Students The Resistance to History: Teaching in the Present; A.Hatfield The Attractions of Theory; J.Le Bihan Syntactics - Semantics - Pragmatics (Still Having One's Cake?); L.Toker The Motivation of Literary Theory: From National Culture to World Literature; S.Shapiro Marketing Theory: An Overview of Theory Guides; A.James From Theory to Practice: Literary Studies in the Classroom; K.Byrne At Home in Theory? Teaching One's Way through the Significant Silences of the French Academy; M.Gonzalez Reading by Recipe: Postcolonial Theory and the Practice of Reading; C.Murphy Do I Hate Theory?; R.Bradford Recommended Further Reading Index...
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Series Preface Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction: The History and Present Condition of Theory: A Brief Account Teaching Theory; V.B.Leitch Appendix: Theory Heuristics: Short Guide for Students The Resistance to History: Teaching in the Present; A.Hatfield The Attractions of Theory; J.Le Bihan Syntactics - Semantics - Pragmatics (Still Having One's Cake?); L.Toker The Motivation of Literary Theory: From National Culture to World Literature; S.Shapiro Marketing Theory: An Overview of Theory Guides; A.James From Theory to Practice: Literary Studies in the Classroom; K.Byrne At Home in Theory? Teaching One's Way through the Significant Silences of the French Academy; M.Gonzalez Reading by Recipe: Postcolonial Theory and the Practice of Reading; C.Murphy Do I Hate Theory?; R.Bradford Recommended Further Reading Index
