Knowledge and commitment a problem-oriented approach to literary studies

Fokkema, Douwe Wessel 1931- (Author). Ibsch, Elrud. (Added Author).

Summary: The authors present a new perspective on a wide range of issues in the study of literature and culture. Some of the topics discussed, such as interpretation, canon formation, and literary historiography, belong to the traditional domain of literary studies. Others -- cultural identity, convention, systems theory, and empirical methods -- originate in the social sciences and are now being integrated into the humanities. By referring to the work of authors as widely apart as Hayden White, Edward Said, Fredric Jameson, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Reinhart Koselleck, Pierre Bourdieu, Niklas Lu.

Record details

ISBN: 9789027298553 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027298556 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027222223
ISBN: 1556196792 (U.S. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9789027222220
ISBN: 9027222223
ISBN: 9781556196799 (U.S. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1556196792 (U.S. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (x, 217 p.)
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 206) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Interpretation and Explanation; Chapter 3. Canons: Critical and Didactic Instruments; Chapter 4. Literary History; Chapter 5. Identity and Convention; Chapter 6. Literary Systems; Chapter 7. Empirical Research; Chapter 8. Intervention in the Cultural Debate; Chapter 9. Conclusions; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index; The Series UTRECHT PUBLICATIONS IN GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.