Wendell V. Harris Literary Meaning (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Literary MeaningCondition: NewSubtitle: Reclaiming the Study of LiteratureISBN-10: 0814735002EAN: 9780814735008ISBN: 9780814735008Publisher: Prentice-HallFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/01/1998Description: Literary theory, according to Wendell Harris, has over the last twenty-five years become increasingly characterized by illogical arguments, an esoteric vocabulary, and gnomic references to what various authority figures are presumed to have demonstrated. Arcane modes of argument and unargued assumptions leave the reader of contemporary theorists frustrated; little of the resulting criticism entices the reader to seek out the literary work itself. Harris argues that regardless of the specifics of individual theories, the central struggle is between traditional hermeneutics, in which the interpretation of the author's intended meaning is the necessary first step in any response to a text, and the more recent hermeticism, which seeks to deny the relevance of intention, the possibility of determinate meaning, and the reference of language to any reality beyond itself. With wit, insight, and analytical precision, Harris critiques the misunderstanding of scientific method spawned by the failure of structuralism, the absolutism of poststructuralism, and the confusions over contextualism and historicism.He concludes with an analysis of the hollowness of the current model of professionalism in literature departments.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Wendell V. HarrisGenre: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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