Beyond Literary Studies: A Counter-Theoretical Approach

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.

• | Author: Daniel Ferreras Savoye
• | Publisher: McFarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1476668558
• | ISBN-13: 9781476668550