Uses of Literature
内容简介
Uses of Literature bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature.
1. Explores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we read
2. Offers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock
3. Argues for a new “phenomenology” in literary studies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions of reading
4. Includes examples of literature from a wide range of national literary traditions
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作者简介
Rita Felski is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia, and an Associate Editor of New Literary History. She is the author of Beyond Feminist Aesthetics, The Gender of Modernity, Doing Time: Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture, and Literature After Feminism. She is also editor of Rethinking Tragedy.
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目录
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Recognition
2 Enchantment
3 Knowledge
4 Shock
Conclusion
Notes
Index
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读书文摘
尽管历史情节与虚构小说情节有某些共同的特点，但是在话语层面，小说是可以用不同的方式区分开的，比如它最有名的读心能力。正是由于小说在认知上的不可靠性，以及它忽略实证标准与证据限制的自由度，它才能对主体间性的历史层面进行探索，而这一点用其他方式是行不通的。
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