Studying Literature in English

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La 4e de couv. porte : "Studying literature in english is an accessible guide for literature students around the world. This book : - grounds literature and the study of literature throughout by referencing a selection of well-known novels, plays and poems; - examines the central questions that readers ask when confronting literary texts, and shows how these make literary theory meaningful and necessary; - links british, american and postcolonial literature into a coherent whole; - discusses film as literature and provides the basic conceptual tools in order to study film within a literary framework; - places particular emphasis on interdisciplinarity by examining the connections between the study of literature and other disciplines; - provides an annotated list of further reading. From principal literary genres, periods and theory, to strategies for reading, research and essay-writing, Dominic Rainsford provides an engaging introduction to the most important aspects of studying literature in English."