Description
This response to the current crisis in the field of literary studies describes the fundamental flaws of poststructuralist literary criticism, which has become a self-serving enterprise at the expense of scholarship at large and students in particular. Outlining an improved approach that meets the expectations of 21st-century students and teachers, the author proposes a new definition of the literary object of study which addresses the inconsistencies of the literary canon by including nontraditional narratives such as films, comic books and pop songs.
About the Author
Daniel Ferreras Savoye is a professor of French and Spanish literary and cultural studies at West Virginia University. His work on marginalized authors, comic books, detective fiction, popular culture issues and critical theory has appeared in Hispania, French Literature Series, Angulo Recto, The Popular Culture Review and La tribuna.
Book Information
ISBN 9781476668550
Author Daniel Ferreras Savoye
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 399g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm