Mediating criticism : literary education humanized /
In the twentieth century, literature was under threat. Not only was there the challenge of new forms of oral and visual culture. Even literary education and literary criticism could sometimes actually distance novels, poems and plays from their potential audience. This is the trend which Roger D. Se...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the twentieth century, literature was under threat. Not only was there the challenge of new forms of oral and visual culture. Even literary education and literary criticism could sometimes actually distance novels, poems and plays from their potential audience. This is the trend which Roger D. Sell now seeks to reverse. Arguing that literature can still be a significant and democratic channel of human interactivity, he sees the most helpful role of teachers and critics as one of mediation. Through their own example they can encourage readers to empathize with otherness, to recognize the his. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 431 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-424) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027297952 9027297959 9789027225832 9027225834 9789027225825 9027225826 9781588111050 1588111059 9781588111043 1588111040 9786612162299 6612162295 1282162292 9781282162297 |