The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel'...offers thoughtful summaries and critiques of both Marxist...and moralist...theories of the novel in society. The primary focus, however, is on a detailed study of the social context of the novel and the changing relationship between novelists and their readers...' |
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Page 42
... ( Method in the Sociology of Literature , Tavistock 1976 , p . 105 ) Goldmann first applied his method in a study which showed how the tragedies of Racine and the philosophy of Pascal reflect the ' world vision ' of the pessimistic ...
... ( Method in the Sociology of Literature , Tavistock 1976 , p . 105 ) Goldmann first applied his method in a study which showed how the tragedies of Racine and the philosophy of Pascal reflect the ' world vision ' of the pessimistic ...
Page 44
... Method in the Sociology of Literature : I never intended to use sociological categories for the under- standing of a work . The latter's aesthetic quality depends firstly on its richness , its meaningful coherence and upon the coherence ...
... Method in the Sociology of Literature : I never intended to use sociological categories for the under- standing of a work . The latter's aesthetic quality depends firstly on its richness , its meaningful coherence and upon the coherence ...
Page 53
... method . While he concedes that not all texts are equally valuable there is still the question ' Valuable for whom ? ' Would two critics both trained in materialist methods and accepting Eagleton's categories come to the same ...
... method . While he concedes that not all texts are equally valuable there is still the question ' Valuable for whom ? ' Would two critics both trained in materialist methods and accepting Eagleton's categories come to the same ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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