Introduction to the Study of Cultures and Literatures in English

- Introduction to the Study of Cultures and Literatures in English
- Előszó
- Contents
- Part 1 What is English Studies?
  - 1. What is a university? A proseminary
  - 2. Paradigms and paradigm shifts
  - 3. What is English Studies? English as a university subject
  - 4. Ideology, criticism, history
  - 5. Registers of Culture
  - 6. Canon formation and alternative reading practices
- Part 2 Fields of English Studies. Language, Literature, Culture, and Critical Approaches
  - 1. Preliminary problems: definitions, scientific expectations
  - 2. Ontological problems: the way literature exists
    - Semiotics
    - Literary communication
    - Language and Critical Thinking
    - The Language of the Sciences and the Language of Literature
  - 3. Methodological problems: the way we understand texts
    - Meaning and context
    - The Process of Interpretation
  - 4. The Theory of Genres
    - Genres and Their Historical Changes
    - Genre-generating Factors and Historical Changes
  - 5. Poetry and Figurative Language
    - Exercise in Interpretation / 1
      - I First level of meaning
      - II Second level of meaning
      - III Third level of meaning
      - IV Fourth level of meaning
  - 6. Narrative Fiction
    - Exercise in Interpretation / 2
      - I First level of meaning
      - II Second level of meaning
      - III Third level of meaning
  - 7. Drama
    - Exercise in Interpretation / 3
      - I First level of meaning
      - II Second level of meaning
  - Self test I
  - 8. Literature, Culture, and the Reading Subject: An Overview of Major Trends in Literary and Cultural Theory
    - I Preliminaries
    - II Formal critical trends: from the authorial intention to the close reading of the text (1st shift)
    - III Contextual aproaches: from text to context
    - The critique of structuralism
  - Self test II
  - 9. Critical Literature Consulted and Recommended
  - 10. Appendix

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# Contents

PART 1 (Matuska Ágnes)

What is English Studies?

1. What is a university? A proseminary

2. Paradigms and paradigm shifts

3. What is English Studies? English as a university subject

4. Ideology, criticism, history

5. Registers of culture

6. Canon formation and alternative reading practices

PART 2 (Kiss Attila)

Fields of English Studies. Language, Literature, Culture, and Critical Approaches

1. Preliminary Problems: Definitions, Scientific Expectations

2. Ontological Problems: the Way Literature Exists

3. Methodological Problems: the Way We Understand Texts

1/ Meaning and Context

2/ Interpretation

4. The Theory of Genres

1. Genres and Their Historical Changes

2. Genre-generating Factors and Historical Changes

5. Poetry and Figurative Language

Exercise in Interpretation / 1

6. Narrative Fiction

Exercise in Interpretation / 2

7. Drama

Exercise in Interpretation / 3

Self Test

8. Literature, Culture, and the Reading Subject:

An Overview of Major Trends in Literary and Cultural Theory

I PRELIMINARIES

1. Textual scholarship and the canon

2. Traditional approaches

a/ Historical-Biographical approaches

b/ Moral-Philosophical approaches

II FORMAL CRITICAL TRENDS:

FROM THE AUTHORIAL INTENTION TO THE CLOSE

READING OF THE TEXT (1ST SHIFT)

a/ New Criticism

b/ Russian formalism

c/ Structuralism

d/ Phenomenology

III CONTEXTUAL APROACHES:

FROM TEXT TO CONTEXT

1/ Reader-Oriented Criticism:

from the text to the act of reading (2ND SHIFT)

a/ Reader-Response Criticism

b/ Reception Theory

2/ Poststructuralism:

from the act of reading to the reader

as socially positioned subject (3RD SHIFT)

a/ The Semiotics of the Sign and the Subject

b/ Psychoanalysis

c/ Deconstruction

d/ New Historicism

e/ Feminist criticism

Self Test

9. Critical Literature Consulted and Recommended

10. Appendix

1. Key to Self Tests

2. Text for the Interpretation of Drama

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