Genres in Discourse (Paperback)

This is a collection in translation of recent essays by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the most eminent of today's literary critics. The essays concentrate on the idea of genre, literary or otherwise, and asks such questions as: What is literature? What is genre? Which are the major literary genres? In the first section, Todorov proposes definitions for the notions of literature, discourse, and genre. Following is a general discussion of the two principal literary genres, fiction and poetry. Finally, in the third section of essays, Todorov examines individual authors as case studies: among them Poe, Dostoyevsky, Baudelaire, Conrad, and James.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1990
First published:	1990
Authors:	Tzvetan Todorov
Translators:	Catherine Porter
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	148
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-34999-4
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
LSN:	0-521-34999-0
Barcode:	9780521349994

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