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Grid, Laura Goldstein
Grid, Laura Goldstein
English: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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The Modernist Novel In Its Contemporaneity, Pamela L. Caughie
The Modernist Novel In Its Contemporaneity, Pamela L. Caughie
English: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Through the writings of Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, and Nella Larsen, this chapter considers the temporality of the now, the modernist novel in its contemporaneity, to show how the ambient environment of daily life takes shape in, and shapes, the modernist novel.
Critique And Theory In The History Of The Modern Humanities, Paul Jay
Critique And Theory In The History Of The Modern Humanities, Paul Jay
English: Faculty Publications and Other Works
What role has poststructuralist literary, critical, and cultural theory played in the making of the humanities, particularly in the period between 1968 and the present, and what role should theory have going forward as we come to terms with the corporatization of higher education, with its stress on practical skills, vocational training, and on measuring concrete learning outcomes? Exploring these questions requires confronting - and linking - two key issues currently at the core of sometimes-fierce debates about the humanities in the West, and particularly in t he US. T he first issue has to do with whether or not …
Chasing The Writer, Joyce Wexler
Chasing The Writer, Joyce Wexler
English: Faculty Publications and Other Works
"Why does the writing make us chase the writer?" Julian Barnes asks in Flaubert's Parrot. In the past, the answer was easy-we studied the writer to understand the writing. But Barnes suggests that now we study the writing to understand the writer. Barnes's interest in the writer marks a new direction in fiction and criticism.
Fear Of Being Useful, Paul Jay, Gerald Graff
Fear Of Being Useful, Paul Jay, Gerald Graff
English: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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