Fundamentals of Literary Theory
This monograph offers new insights into the fundamentals of literary theory. It synthesizes and evaluates research from recent decades, critically examining this work from a transnational perspective and with a particular focus on publications in English, French and German. The book is divided into six sub-theories that tackle problems of interpretation, fictionality, performativity and performance, intertextuality, genre and periodization. Drawing on texts from Classical Antiquity to English, German, French, Spanish and Italian literature, the book brings together a range of different scholarly traditions in different languages.
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Fundamentals of Literary Theory
This monograph offers new insights into the fundamentals of literary theory. It synthesizes and evaluates research from recent decades, critically examining this work from a transnational perspective and with a particular focus on publications in English, French and German. The book is divided into six sub-theories that tackle problems of interpretation, fictionality, performativity and performance, intertextuality, genre and periodization. Drawing on texts from Classical Antiquity to English, German, French, Spanish and Italian literature, the book brings together a range of different scholarly traditions in different languages.
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Fundamentals of Literary Theory

Fundamentals of Literary Theory

by Klaus W. Hempfer
Fundamentals of Literary Theory

Fundamentals of Literary Theory

by Klaus W. Hempfer

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This monograph offers new insights into the fundamentals of literary theory. It synthesizes and evaluates research from recent decades, critically examining this work from a transnational perspective and with a particular focus on publications in English, French and German. The book is divided into six sub-theories that tackle problems of interpretation, fictionality, performativity and performance, intertextuality, genre and periodization. Drawing on texts from Classical Antiquity to English, German, French, Spanish and Italian literature, the book brings together a range of different scholarly traditions in different languages.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783031474071
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 05/03/2024
Edition description: 2024
Pages: 402
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Klaus W. Hempfer is Professor Emeritus of Romance Literatures at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Table of Contents

1 Interpretation.- 2 Fiction.- 3 Performativity and Performance.- 4 Intertextuality.- 5 Genre.- 6 Periodization.
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