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Why Study Literature? (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,177
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Why Study Literature? (Paperback): Jan Alber, Stefan Iversen, Louise Brix Jacobsen, Rikke Andersen Kraglund, Henrik Skov...

Why Study Literature? (Paperback)

Jan Alber, Stefan Iversen, Louise Brix Jacobsen, Rikke Andersen Kraglund, Henrik Skov Nielsen, Camilla Mohring Reestorff

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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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Imprint: Aarhus University Press
Country of origin: Denmark
Release date: April 2012
First published: April 2012
Editors: Jan Alber • Stefan Iversen • Louise Brix Jacobsen • Rikke Andersen Kraglund • Henrik Skov Nielsen • Camilla Mohring Reestorff
Dimensions: 236 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-87-7934-551-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
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LSN: 87-7934-551-4
Barcode: 9788779345515

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