This thing called literature: reading, thinking, writing

By:

Bennett, Andrew

Contributor(s):

Royle, Nicholas

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge New York 2024Edition: 2ndDescription: viii, 172 pISBN:

9781032285849

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.03 BER

Summary: What is this thing called literature? Why study it? And how? Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle expertly weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do, how they work and the sort of questions and ideas they provoke. The book’s three parts reflect the fundamental components of studying literature: reading, thinking and writing. The authors use helpful and wide-ranging examples and summaries, offering rich reflections on the question ‘What is literature?’ and on what they term ‘creative reading’. The new edition has been revised throughout with extensive updates to the further reading and a new chapter on creative non-fiction. Bennett and Royle’s accessible and thought-provoking style encourages a deep engagement with literary texts. This essential guide to the study of literature is an eloquent celebration of the value and pleasure of reading. (https://www.routledge.com/This-Thing-Called-Literature-Reading-Thinking-Writing/Bennett-Royle/p/book/9781032285849?srsltid=AfmBOop9Xq_T5wJuCGzbf9CKDiDOdFkIYPdAaZJk8En6n1JKWUqcYaQ0)

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Table of content:
List of figures

Acknowledgements

Studying Literature
PART I: Reading

Reading a poem

Reading a novel

Reading a short story

Reading a play

Reading creative non-fiction
PART II: Thinking

Thinking about literature

Thinking critically
PART III: Writing

Writing an essay

Creative writing: the impossible

Writing short fiction
Appendix: the wordbook

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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What is this thing called literature? Why study it? And how?

Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle expertly weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do, how they work and the sort of questions and ideas they provoke.

The book’s three parts reflect the fundamental components of studying literature: reading, thinking and writing. The authors use helpful and wide-ranging examples and summaries, offering rich reflections on the question ‘What is literature?’ and on what they term ‘creative reading’. The new edition has been revised throughout with extensive updates to the further reading and a new chapter on creative non-fiction.

Bennett and Royle’s accessible and thought-provoking style encourages a deep engagement with literary texts. This essential guide to the study of literature is an eloquent celebration of the value and pleasure of reading.

(https://www.routledge.com/This-Thing-Called-Literature-Reading-Thinking-Writing/Bennett-Royle/p/book/9781032285849?srsltid=AfmBOop9Xq_T5wJuCGzbf9CKDiDOdFkIYPdAaZJk8En6n1JKWUqcYaQ0)

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