La littérature est ici envisagée dans ses rapports à la société. L'essai compose une histoire littéraire complexe traitant notamment de la question de la crise de l'interprétation et explorant la nature de l'art. Il dresse un panorama de la littérature depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'au XXe siècle en passant par la poétique de la Renaissance et le roman victorien. ©Electre 2024
In The Implications of Literary Criticism Harry Levin sees literature as both the cause of social effects and the effect of social causes and proposes a complex literary history. Literature represents the part as the whole, involves selection and order, and can suggest additions to nature. Art refracts more than reflects life. To comprehend the angles of refraction, Levin recommends a comparative study of techniques as a complement to an awareness of social backgrounds.
The movement of the body of the book is in four parts, from "Theory and Criticism" through "Perspectives" and "Thematics" to "Authors, Artists, Texts." The Appendix, "Reviewing: More Implications on Explanation," includes key reviews and review essays. The first part opens by raising the question of the crisis in interpretation. The second part continues this exploration of the nature of art, literature and interpretation. In the third part, which involves thematics, Levin reminds the reader of the turn from the back-ground of literature - biography, history and sociology - to the text. The fourth part extends from medieval representations though Renaissance poetics and Victorian novels to twentieth century fiction and film.
Paru le : 07/12/2011
Thématique : Essais et théories - Dictionnaire Auteurs - Critique littéraire
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Harry Levin
Éditeur(s) :
H. Champion
Collection(s) : Bibliothèque de littérature générale et comparée
Contributeur(s) : Editeur scientifique (ou intellectuel) : Jonathan Locke Hart
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-7453-2198-5
EAN13 : 9782745321985
Reliure : Relié
Pages : 488
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 17.0 cm
Poids: 920 g
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