Jonathan Kramnick

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Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary StudiesPaperback, 4 December 2023

Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies
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Part of Series
Thinking Literature
Print Length
144 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
4 Dec 2023
ISBN-10
0226830535
ISBN-13
9780226830537

Description

A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice--close reading.

Does literary criticism offer truths about the world? In this book, Jonathan Kramnick explains literary criticism's distinctive approach to knowledge and its disciplinary rationale by zeroing in on its singular method: close reading. Close reading is the field's way of pursuing arguments and advancing knowledge--the crucial craft and skill that it imparts to students. For Kramnick, close reading is also a creative, transformative, and immersive writing practice that fosters a unique kind of ecologically-minded engagement with the world. Drawing on recent examples of literary criticism, Kramnick unpacks the art of in-text quotations and other reading methods, advocating for them as a valuable form of humanistic expertise worthy of a prominent place within a multi-disciplinary university.

As the humanities fight for survival in contemporary higher education, the study of literature doesn't need more plans for reform. Rather, it needs a defense of the work already being done and an account of why it should flourish. This is what Criticism and Truth offers, in vivid and portable form.

Product Details

Author:
Jonathan Kramnick
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
4 December 2023
ISBN-10:
0226830535
ISBN-13:
9780226830537
Language:
English
Pages:
144

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