'Teaching Theory' offers a selection of essays on the pragmatics, benefits and shortcomings of Theory as a key aspect of literature teaching in universities. They range from reflective discussions of Theory as an intellectual challenge for undergraduates to accounts of the day-to-day problems of planning and teaching courses and implementing Theory. RICHARD BRADFORD is Research Professor of English at the University of Ulster, UK and has previously held posts in Oxford, the University of Wales and Trinity College, Dublin. He has published twenty books on a variety of topics including 18th Century Criticism, Modern Literary Theory and Stylistics. His biographies of Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, and Alan Sillitoe were all favourably reviewed in the mainstream press and his biography of Martin Amis will appear in 2010. INDICE: - Series Preface - Notes on Contributors - Chronology - Introduction: The History and Present Condition of Theory: A Brief Account - Teaching Theory; 'V.B.Leitch - 'Appendix: Theory Heuristics: Short Guide for Students - The Resistance to History: Teaching in the Present; 'A.Hatfield - 'The Attractions of Theory; 'J.Le Bihan' - Syntactics - Semantics - Pragmatics (Still Having One's Cake?); 'L.Toker' - The Motivation of Literary Theory: From National Culture to World Literature; 'S.Shapiro' - Marketing Theory: An Overview of Theory Guides; 'A.James' - From Theory to Practice: Literary Studies in the Classroom; 'K.Byrne' - At Home in Theory? Teaching One's Way through the Significant Silences of the French Academy; 'M.Gonzalez' - Reading by Recipe: Postcolonial Theory and the Practice of Reading; 'C.Murphy' - Do I Hate Theory?; 'R.Bradford' - Recommended Further Reading - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-52074-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 26/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido