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4 de dez. de 2023 · Abstract. A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice, close reading, this book argues that close reading is the field’s way of pursuing arguments and advancing knowledge—the method and craft and skill that it imparts to students.
4 de dez. de 2023 · A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice—close reading. Does literary criticism offer truths about the world? In Criticism and Truth , Jonathan Kramnick offers a new and surprising account of criticism’s power by zeroing in on its singular method: close reading.
- Jonathan Kramnick
- December 04, 2023
Criticism and Truth is a call to arms, making a powerful case for the necessity of both literature and criticism within a multidisciplinary university. As the humanities fight for survival in contemporary higher education, the study of literature doesn’t need more plans for reform.
4 de dez. de 2023 · Criticism and Truth is a call to arms, making a powerful case for the necessity of both literature and criticism within a multidisciplinary university. As the humanities fight for survival in contemporary higher education, the study of literature doesn’t need more plans for reform.
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- Jonathan Kramnick
Criticism and Truth is a brilliant discussion of the language of literary criticism and a key work in the Barthes canon. It is a cultural, linguistic and intellectual challenge to those who believe in the clarity, flexibility and neutrality of language, couched in Barthes' own inimitable and provocative style.
Criticism and Truth is a call to arms, making a powerful case for the necessity of both literature and criticism within a multidisciplinary university. As the humanities fight for survival in contemporary higher education, the study of literature doesn’t need more plans for reform.
3 de nov. de 2023 · Views. Intellectual Affairs. November 03, 2023. Is Literary Studies Facing an Extinction Event? Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies. By Scott McLemee. University of Chicago Press.
