Studying English Literature and Language: An Introduction and Companion

StudyingEnglishLiteratureandLanguageisuniqueinofferingbothanintroductionandacompanionforstudentstakingEnglishLiteratureandLanguagedegrees.Combiningthefunctionsofstudyguide,criticaldictionaryandtextanthology,thisisafreshlyrecastversionofthehighlyacclaimedTheEnglishStudiesBook.Thisthirdeditionfeatures:freshsectionsontheessentialskillsandstudystrategiesneededtocompleteadegreeinEnglish?fromclosereading,researchandreferencingtofullguidelinesandtipsonessay-writing,participatinginseminars,presentationsandrevisionanauthoritativeguidetothelifeskills,furtherstudyoptionsandcareerpathwaysopentograduatesofthesubjectupdatedintroductionstothemajortheoreticalpositionsandapproachestakenbyscholarsinthefield,fromearliertwentiethcenturypracticalcriticismtothelatestglobalandecologicalperspectivesextensiveentriesonkeytermssuchas?author,?genre?,?narrative?and?translation?widelycurrentindebatesacrosslanguage,literatureandculturecoverageofbothlocalandglobalvarietiesoftheEnglishlanguageinarangeofmediaanddiscourses,includingnews,advertising,textmessaging,rap,popandstreetartanexpansiveanthologyrepresentinggenresanddiscoursesfromearlyelegyandnoveltocontemporaryperformance,flashfiction,includingwritersasdiverseasAphraBehn,EmilyDickinson,J.M.Coetzee,AngelaCarter,RussellHoban,AdrienneRichandArundhatiRoyacomprehensive,regularlyupdatedcompanionwebsitesupplyingfurtherinformationandactivities,sampleanalysesandawealthofstimulatingandreliablelinkstofurtheronlineresources.StudyingEnglishLiteratureandLanguageisawide-rangingandinvaluablereferenceforanyoneinterestedinthestudyofEnglishlanguage,literatureandculture.,