Doing English Guide for Literature Students (Routledge), angielski, angielski literatura
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Doing English
In the last twenty years, the discipline of English has been transformed.
Key to this transformation was the introduction of literary theory to
the majority of English degree courses. This has challenged traditional
ideas about English literature and how the subject should be studied,
leading many people to ask what ‘doing English’ actually means.
Strangely, secondary-level courses do not reflect this change: literary
theory is only slowly filtering into A-level English courses and debates
about the discipline are generally kept out of the classroom.
This book seeks to bridge the often daunting gap between traditional
approaches to literature, still dominant in schools, and the new world
of literary theory which dominates university English. The author shows
how and why English is changing, explains current key ideas about
English and literature, and introduces the study of literary theory. All
that is central to English comes into question: how we read, what we
read, reading and meaning, and English studies itself.
By introducing new and challenging ideas in an extremely accessible
manner, this volume serves as the perfect springboard into degree-
level English.
Robert Eaglestone
is Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway,
University of London, UK.
 Doing English
A guide for literature students
Robert Eaglestone
London and New York
First published 2000
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
©
2000 Robert Eaglestone
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or
other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying
and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Eaglestone, Robert, 1968
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Doing English: studying literature today/Robert Eaglestone.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. English literature
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Study and teaching (Higher)
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Great Britain.
2. English literature
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History and criticism
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Theory, etc.
3. English literature
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Outlines, syllabi, etc. I. Title.
PR51.G7E25
1999
820`.71`241
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dc21
99
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32501
ISBN 0-415-19135-1 (hbk)
ISBN 0-415-19136-X (pbk)
ISBN 0-203-02543-1 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-20410-7 (Glassbook Format)
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