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The English Studies Book: an Introduction to Language THE ENGLISH STUDIES BOOK ‘Innovative, imaginative, resourceful and full of surprises, the second edition of The English Studies Book continues to be an outstanding introduction to all aspects of the study of English literature, language and culture.’ Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ‘The revisions of the second edition are wholly in spirit with the intent and remarkable achievements of the first edition – to keep all things having to do with English Studies as open-ended as possible, and yet also as practically useful as can be. Doing English and being a part of English Studies has never been more inviting. This is without question the very best text available for the new “gateway” [introductory] courses to the English major.’ David Stacey, Humboldt State University, USA The English Studies Book is designed to support students and teachers working across the full range of language, literature and culture. Combining the functions of study guide, critical dictionary and text anthology, it has rapidly established itself as a core text on a wide variety of degree programmes, nationally and internationally. This new edition takes full account of current changes in the subject while maintaining the authority, accessibility and flexibility so valued by users of the first edition. Revised and updated throughout, features include: ♦ a new prologue addressing changes and challenges in English studies today ♦ substantial entries on over 100 key critical and theoretical terms from author and canon to intertexuality and versification, with new entries on auto/biography, creative writing, travel and translation ♦ practical introductions to all the major theoretical approaches from New Historicism and Feminism to Postmodernism and Postcolonialism, with new sections on Aesthetics, Ethics, Ecology and Sexuality ♦ a rich anthology of literary and related texts from Anglo-Saxon to Afro- Caribbean, with fresh selections representing the sonnet, haiku, slave narratives and science fiction, and with additional texts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Darwin, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan and others ♦ handy frameworks and checklists for close reading, research, essay writing and other textual activities, including use of the Internet. The English Studies Book is a comprehensive and invaluable reference for anyone interested in the study of English language, literature and culture. Rob Pope is Professor of English Studies at Oxford Brookes University and a National Teaching Fellow. He has taught English at universities in England, Wales, New Zealand and Russia, and has contributed to programmes in America, Australia, South-East Asia and Central Europe. His books include Textual Intervention: Critical and Creative Strategies for Literary Studies (Routledge 1995) and Creativity (Routledge, forthcoming). Feedback from the first edition ‘A tour de force, a multipurpose handbook so detailed and comprehensive in scope . a remarkable achievement in terms of its staggering coverage, meticulous organization and clarity of exposition.’ The Use of English ‘A marvelously compact, all-round guide to English . Covering language, literature and culture, this is a thorough introduction to all aspects of English studies. Seriously academic textbooks rarely make for interesting reading for the rest of us, but this is one very welcome exception.’ Writing Magazine ‘The explanations of critical theories are comprehensive. These are never dogmatic, encouraging the reader to grapple with both the theory under discussion and the whole concept of how we read and why.’ The English & Media Magazine ‘Flexible, accessible and sophisticated, suitable for beginners or those with some prior knowledge of the topic addressed . They key virtue of the book is that it can be taken on many levels.’ Language and Literature ‘This book is a marvelous achievement and could be used at all levels.’ Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick ‘If an undergraduate student of English buys only one book about his or her discipline, it should definitely be Rob Pope’s invaluable and brilliant English Studies Book – the best pratical handbook tailored to the needs of the new English Studies undergraduate. Jean Jacques Weber, University Centre, Luxembourg ‘I particularly appreciate the hands-on classroom and person-orientated approach.’ Ricardo Duranti, University of Rome ‘A significant resource for contemporary English Studies; a precise guide to critical language.’ Stephen Muecke, University of Technology, Sydney THE ENGLISH STUDIES BOOK An introduction to language, literature and culture Second edition Rob Pope London and New York First published 1998 by Routledge Second edition first published in 2002 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street,New York,NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 1998; 2002 Rob Pope All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-99401-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0–415–25709–3 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–25710–7 (pbk) This one’s still for you guys. For Bronwen, Sophie, Ivan and Sasha With love from Dad. CONTENTS List of figures xv Preface and acknowledgements xvii What the book is about and how to use it 1 PROLOGUE: CHANGE AND CHALLENGE TODAY 5 Crossing borders, establishing boundaries 5 Texts in contexts: literature in history 6 Seeing through theory 6 Technologising the subject: actual and virtual communities 7 English Literature and Creative Writing 9 English still spells EFL, ESL, ESP, EAP 11 The shaping of things to come . 12 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES 13 Preview 13 1.1 Which ‘Englishes’? 16 1.2 One English language, literature, culture – or many? 20 1.2.1 historically 20 1.2.2 geographically 23 1.2.3 socially 24 1.2.4 by medium 24 1.3 Summary: one and many 25 1.4 Activities and reading 27 1.5 How studied? 29 1.5.1 English as a school subject 29 1.5.2 English as a foreign or second language 31 1.5.3 English as a university degree subject 33 CONTENTS viii 1.5.4 English and Classics 33 1.5.5 English and Theology 35 1.5.6 Rhetoric, composition and writing 36 1.5.7 History and English 38 1.5.8 From Literary Appreciation to Literary Criticism 41 1.5.9 English into Literary Studies 43 1.5.10 English with Theatre or Film Studies 44 1.5.11 English into Cultural, Communication and Media Studies 45 1.5.12 Critical Theory into Cultural Practice 47 1.6 Summary: pasts, presents and futures 48 1.7 Activities, discussion, reading 48 1.8 Fields of study 50 1.8.1 Language 53 1.8.2 Literature 59 1.8.3 Culture, communication and media 63 1.9 Summary: keeping on course and making your own way 70 PART TWO:THEORETICAL POSITIONS AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES 73 Preview 73 2.1 Getting some initial bearings 74 2.2 Theory in practice – a working model 76 2.3 Practical Criticism and (old) New Criticism 82 2.4 Formalism into Functionalism 88 2.5 Psychological approaches 96 2.6 Marxism, Cultural Materialism and New Historicism 105 2.7 Feminism, Gender and Sexuality 114 2.8 Poststructuralism and Postmodernism 127 2.9 Postcolonialism and multiculturalism 138 2.10 Towards a new eclecticism: Ethics, Aesthetics, Ecology . ? 155 PART THREE: COMMON TOPICS 167 Preview 167 Absence and presence, gaps and silences, centres and margins 168 Accent and dialect 170 Addresser, address, addressee 172 Aesthetics and pleasure, art and beauty 174 Author and authority 177 Auto/biography and travel writing: self and other 179 Bibles, holy books and myths 182 CONTENTS ix Canon and classic 186 Character and characterisation 189 Comedy and tragedy, carnival and the absurd 191 Creative writing, creativity, re-creation 196 Difference and similarity, preference and re-valuation 199 Discourse and discourse analysis 202 Drama and theatre, film and TV 205 Foreground, background and point of view 208 Genre and kinds of text 212 Images, imagery and imagination 214 Narrative in story and history: novel, news and film 218 Poetry and word-play 224 Realism and representation: fiction, fact, faction and metafiction 228 Speech and conversation, monologue and dialogue 232 Standards and standardisation, varieties and variation 236 Subject and agent, role and identity 241 Text, context and intertextuality 245 Translation and translation studies 247 Versification: rhythm, metre and rhyme 250 Writing and reading, response and rewriting 255 Your own additions and modifications 263 PART FOUR: TEXTUAL ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING STRATEGIES 265 Preview 265 4.1 Overview of textual activities 266 4.2 Frameworks and checklists for close reading 268 4.3 Writing and research from essays to the Internet 272 4.4 Alternative modes of critical and creative writing 276 PART FIVE: ANTHOLOGY OF SAMPLE TEXTS 281 Preview 281 5.1 Poetry, song and performance 282 5.1.1 Early English verse 282 a Anglo-Saxon poem: anonymous,
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