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Indlæser... How to Read Literature (original 2013; udgave 2014)af Terry Eagleton (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. این کتاب رو تو نمایشگاه امسال گرفتم و از اسم و طرحش اینطور به نظرم نمیاومد که کتاب مهمی باشه... بعد از اون با کتاب نظریههای ادبی تری ایگلتون آشنا شدم که خیلی روون و خوب نظریههای خشک ادبی رو توضیح میده... بعدش هم یکی از اساتید واحد نقد ادبی رو از این کتاب درس داد (هرچند که استاد شخص من نبود) همهی اینها باعث شد کتاب رو بخونم... شاید پنجاه درصد کتاب به درد کسی نخوره و توضیح واضحات باشه اما ایگلتون انقدر روون و شیرین مسائل رو مطرح کرده که جذب متن میشید و حتی جاهایی شیطنتهای طنازش باعث میشه یه لبخندی هم میزنید. ( ) Just an excellent, accessible read. I feel like I needed this book years ago, and learned so much from it despite it being so short—the chapter on character I think in particular managed to draw together ways of reading that hold a text’s original context alongside reading it with our own perspectives in a way I found really helpful, and the chapter on narrative did very similar, useful things. Plus Eagleton is funny—I was laughing out loud reading some of this, like, often. Eagleton just has this incredible way of breaking open topics and arguments that make things make perfect sense to me, and I appreciate it so much. Like Eagleton's other introductory books ([b:How to Read a Poem|16940|How to Read a Poem|Terry Eagleton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388297769s/16940.jpg|18580] and [b:Literary Theory: An Introduction|16939|Literary Theory An Introduction|Terry Eagleton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1429361191s/16939.jpg|2454022]), this is a great primer for the world of literary criticism in general. The central thesis revolves around an early statement: "The most common mistake students of literature make is to go straight for what the poem or novel says, setting aside the way it says it" (2). From this proposition, Eagleton harps on the fact that we are dealing with works of fiction, not real situations; these characters are not real; they do not live before or beyond the book's covers. It seems that he is at pains to assert such points and I found myself wondering why. A practical reason for this is that, as a critic of literature (one must note that the title could well be How to Criticize Literature), Eagleton is interested in evaluating the writing more than simply retelling and talking about one's opinion of the plot (whenever someone includes a synopsis in their "review" it peeves me, too!). Plus, this is largely unnecessary these days: "We live in a world in which there is nothing that cannot be narrated, but nothing that needs to be either" (108). The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this dedication to spending time critically engaged with the way a poem or novel says what it says conditions us to be sensitive to written language. And this is absolutely key because, otherwise, we might as well toss books aside and just watch TV. O que faz com que uma obra literária seja boa ou ruim? Com quanta liberdade interpretá-la? Devemos acreditar no que diz o narrador? E o que acontece com os personagens depois que a história acaba?Neste livro acessível, delicioso e divertido, Terry Eagleton – um dos grandes críticos literários e um dos mais importantes intelectuais da atualidade – mergulha nessas questões intrigantes e muitas outras, tratando romances, poesias e dramas não como um assunto acadêmico, mas como uma parte riquíssima da cultura de todos nós. Como ler literatura é uma obra perfeita para quem está iniciando o estudo da literatura e para todos os demais leitores interessados em aprofundar sua compreensão e enriquecer sua experiência de leitura. Not the sort of book I would normally read but it has given me just what I wanted in a lively interesting fashion. I am aware, and I want to read more literary books. One of my favourite authors Alexander McCall Smith has written his version of Emma! I thought I'd better read Jane Austen's 'Emma' first. And I thought reading this book might give me a leg up on understanding literature in general. Well I'm certainly in a better place now. His chapters cover "Openings", "Character", "Narrative", "Interpretation" and "Value". They are well sprinkled with good and bad examples. An enjoyable and easy book to read.
As is generally the case with the later Eagleton, the book is often funny, and it is trying hard to be funny slightly more often than that. The best jokes are also critical observations, eg that Shakespeare's Othello "is a man who seems curiously aware that he is speaking Shakespearean blank verse".
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment, and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host of others. How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to the study of literature and for all other readers interested in deepening their understanding and enriching their reading experience.In a series of brilliant analyses, Eagleton shows how to read with due attention to tone, rhythm, texture, syntax, allusion, ambiguity, and other formal aspects of literary works. He also examines broader questions of character, plot, narrative, the creative imagination, the meaning of fictionality, and the tension between what works of literature say and what they show. Unfailingly authoritative and cheerfully opinionated, the author provides useful commentaries on classicism, Romanticism, modernism, and postmodernism along with spellbinding insights into a huge range of authors, from Shakespeare and J. K. Rowling to Jane Austen and Samuel Beckett. No library descriptions found. |
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