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This volume enacts a project we term 'a politics of form', working
to politicise the formal analysis of narrative in novels, life
narratives, documentaries, dramas, short prose works and multimodal
texts while retaining the form specificity that is distinctive of
narratology. The introduction offers an overview of how to perform
narrative analysis in conjunction with ideological critique, while
the chapters unite the formal analysis of texts with readings that
uncover how structures of social power are expressed in, as well as
challenged by, aesthetic forms. The contributors address the need
to develop sustained political analysis of aesthetic and narrative
forms, and they articulate methods for performing such analysis
while reflecting on the politics of the work they undertake. By
establishing criteria to describe the politicised use of narrative
forms, and by historicising narratological concepts, the volume
bridges theoretical gaps between narratology, critical theory and
cultural analysis, resulting in the refinement of existing
narratological models. This book was originally published as a
special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
This volume combines narratological analyses with an investigation
of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative
strategies. The collected essays do not posit any intrinsic or
stable connection between narrative techniques and world views.
Rather, they demonstrate that world views are inevitably expressed
through highly specific formal strategies. This insight leads the
contributors to investigate why and how particular narrative
techniques are employed and under what conditions.
This volume combines narratological analyses with an investigation
of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative
strategies. The collected essays do not posit any intrinsic or
stable connection between narrative techniques and world views.
Rather, they demonstrate that world views are inevitably expressed
through highly specific formal strategies. This insight leads the
contributors to investigate why and how particular narrative
techniques are employed and under what conditions.
Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso demonstrates how
animal metaphors have been used to denigrate persons identified as
criminal in literature, law, and science. Its three-part history
traces the popularization of the 'criminal beast' metaphor in late
sixteenth-century England, the troubling of the trope during the
long eighteenth century, and the late nineteenth-century discovery
of criminal atavism. With chapters on rogue pamphlets, Shakespeare,
Webster, Jonson, Defoe and Swift, Godwin, Dickens, and Lombroso,
the book illustrates how ideologically inscribed metaphors foster
transfers between law, penal practices, and literature. Criminals
as Animals concludes that criminal-animal metaphors continue to
negatively influence the treatment of prisoners, suspected
terrorists, and the poor even today.
Current Trends in Narratology offers an overview of cutting-edge
approaches to theories of storytelling. The introduction details
how new emphases on cognitive processing, non-prose and multimedia
narratives, and interdisciplinary approaches to narratology have
altered how narration, narrative, and narrativity are understood.
The volume also introduces a third post-classical direction of
research - comparative narratology - and describes how developments
in Germany, Israel, and France may be compared with Anglophone
research. Leading international scholars including Monika
Fludernik, Richard Gerrig, Ansgar Nunning, John Pier, Brian
Richardson, Alan Palmer, and Werner Wolf describe not only their
newest research but also how this work dovetails with larger
narratological developments.
Scholars and activists often narrate the history of gender and
feminism as a progression of "waves," said to mark high points of
innovation in theory and moments of political breakthrough. Arguing
for the notion of multiple futurities over that of progressive
waves, Beyond Gender combines theoretical work with practical
applications to provide an advanced introduction to contemporary
feminist and sexuality research and advocacy. This comprehensive
monograph documents the diversification of gender-related
disciplines and struggles, arguing for a multidisciplinary approach
to issues formerly subsumed under the unified field of gender
studies. Split into two parts, the volume demonstrates how the
notion of gender has been criticized by various theories pertaining
to masculinity, feminism, and sexuality, and also illustrates how
the binary and hierarchical ordering system of gender has been
troubled or overcome in practice: in queer performance, legal
critique, the classroom, and textual analysis. Taking a fresh
approach to contemporary debates in feminist and sexuality studies,
Beyond Gender will appeal to undergraduate students interested in
fields such as Feminism and Sexuality Studies, Gender Studies,
Feminist Theory, and Masculinity Studies.
This volume enacts a project we term 'a politics of form', working
to politicise the formal analysis of narrative in novels, life
narratives, documentaries, dramas, short prose works and multimodal
texts while retaining the form specificity that is distinctive of
narratology. The introduction offers an overview of how to perform
narrative analysis in conjunction with ideological critique, while
the chapters unite the formal analysis of texts with readings that
uncover how structures of social power are expressed in, as well as
challenged by, aesthetic forms. The contributors address the need
to develop sustained political analysis of aesthetic and narrative
forms, and they articulate methods for performing such analysis
while reflecting on the politics of the work they undertake. By
establishing criteria to describe the politicised use of narrative
forms, and by historicising narratological concepts, the volume
bridges theoretical gaps between narratology, critical theory and
cultural analysis, resulting in the refinement of existing
narratological models. This book was originally published as a
special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
'Trolls for Trump', virtual rape, fake news - social media
discourse, including forms of virtual and real violence, has become
a formidable, yet elusive, political force. What characterizes
online vitriol? How do we understand the narratives generated, and
also address their real-world - even life-and-death- impact? How
can hatred, bullying, and dehumanization on social media platforms
be addressed and countered in a post-truth world? Violence and
Trolling on Social Media: History, Affect, and Effects of Online
Vitriol unpacks discourses, metaphors, dynamics, and framing on
social media, in order to begin to answer these questions. Written
for and by cultural and media studies scholars, journalists,
political philosophers, digital communication professionals,
activists and advocates, this book connects theoretical approaches
from cultural and media studies with practical challenges and
experiences 'from the field', providing insight into a rough media
landscape.
Scholars and activists often narrate the history of gender and
feminism as a progression of "waves," said to mark high points of
innovation in theory and moments of political breakthrough. Arguing
for the notion of multiple futurities over that of progressive
waves, Beyond Gender combines theoretical work with practical
applications to provide an advanced introduction to contemporary
feminist and sexuality research and advocacy. This comprehensive
monograph documents the diversification of gender-related
disciplines and struggles, arguing for a multidisciplinary approach
to issues formerly subsumed under the unified field of gender
studies. Split into two parts, the volume demonstrates how the
notion of gender has been criticized by various theories pertaining
to masculinity, feminism, and sexuality, and also illustrates how
the binary and hierarchical ordering system of gender has been
troubled or overcome in practice: in queer performance, legal
critique, the classroom, and textual analysis. Taking a fresh
approach to contemporary debates in feminist and sexuality studies,
Beyond Gender will appeal to undergraduate students interested in
fields such as Feminism and Sexuality Studies, Gender Studies,
Feminist Theory, and Masculinity Studies.
This book contributes significantly to Law and Literature studies.
Arguing for the political relevance of their work, the editors open
the volume with an introduction that summarizes topical
developments in law enforcement and penal politics including the
'prisonization' of American society and popular support for « no
tolerance approaches to crime. The fourteen essays that follow -
six on trials and eight on prisons - discuss subjects ranging from
the political ramifications of Captain Kidd's trials for piracy to
a reading of South African prison memoirs and include treatments of
prison films, courtroom dramas and works by Dickens, Shakespeare
and Scott. The volume demonstrates powerfully how concepts of
criminality are constructed and how literature participates in, and
sometimes enhances, general discursive traditions of adversarial
litigation and carcerality.
This book contributes significantly to Law and Literature studies.
Arguing for the political relevance of their work, the editors open
the volume with an introduction that summarizes topical
developments in law enforcement and penal politics including the
'prisonization' of American society and popular support for « no
tolerance approaches to crime. The fourteen essays that follow -
six on trials and eight on prisons - discuss subjects ranging from
the political ramifications of Captain Kidd's trials for piracy to
a reading of South African prison memoirs and include treatments of
prison films, courtroom dramas and works by Dickens, Shakespeare
and Scott. The volume demonstrates powerfully how concepts of
criminality are constructed and how literature participates in, and
sometimes enhances, general discursive traditions of adversarial
litigation and carcerality.
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