The New Critical Idiom is an invaluable series of introductory guides to today’s critical terminology. Each book: ? ? ? provides a handy, explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term; offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic; relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation. With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to key topics in literary studies.
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 Coupe, Laurence, 1950–. Myth/Laurence Coupe. – 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Truth Realism and non-realism Allegory: the perspective of perfection Radical typology: permanent possibility Enlightenment and counter-enlightenment Psyche The primal crime The search for the self The grammar of the mind History Criticism as vision A single story? Testaments of deliverance Earth The war on nature Nature now and then Nature as revelation A religion of the world unts of the full range of terminology currently in use, and to evolve histories of its changing usage. The current state of the discipline of literary studies is one where there is considerable debate concerning basic questions of terminology. This involves, among other things, the boundaries which distinguish the literary from the non-literary; the position of literature within the large sphere of culture; the relationship between literatures of different cultures; and questions concerning the relation of literary to other cultural forms within the context of interdisciplinary studies. It is clear that the ? eld of literary criticism and theory is a dynamic and heterogeneous one.
The Essay on A Critical Analysis of a Book about Gendered Structure
The issue of gendered workplace is evident in today’s employment environment particularly in a law firm setting. Since it is a condition characterized by an apparent stereotyping of men as the stronger sex and women as the weaker sex, manifestations of gender-related obstacles are undeniable realities. Its disturbing implications, as regard the professional and personal lives of women employees ...
The present need is for individual volumes on terms which combine clarity of exposition with an adventurousness of perspective and a breadth of application. Each volume will contain as part of its apparatus some indication of the direction in which the de? nition of particular terms is likely to move, as well as expanding the disciplinary boundaries within which some of these terms have been traditionally contained. This will involve some re-situation of terms within the larger field of cultural representation, and will introduce examples from the area of ? lm and the modern media in addition to examples from a variety of literary texts.