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Literature is broadly defined as written work, especially those considered to have superior or lasting artistic merit. Authorized by cultural conventions, literature pronounces the construction of a fictional world as its primary action, and it exploits various strategies to highlight the constructive nature of utterance performativity and the illocutionary force of utterance. If tzvetan todorov and antoine compagnon refuse to accept the death of literature and. In theorys wake in theorys wake martin, wallace 20060101 00. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Authorship, heteronomy, literature theory 20th century. Literary theory is a protest against common sense, but it can also become a doctrine. Antoine compagnon, literature, theory, and common sense, trans. Literary theory, theory, and posttheory springerlink.
The book contains a critical analysis of seven central questions of the theory of literature. As a result, argues antoine compagnon, theorists have gone to extremes, boxed themselves into paradoxes, and distanced others from their. Semantic scholar extracted view of literature, theory, and common sense by antoine compagnon et al. Theory is comparative, in an enhanced sense, not just in the sense in. Despite this, common sense approaches to literatureincluding the belief that literature represents reality and authorial intentions matterhave resisted theory with tenacity. Five paradoxes of modernity paperback october 27, 1994 by antoine compagnon author visit amazons antoine compagnon page. Effective communication free download as powerpoint presentation. Social agendas and the corruption of the humanities.
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Literature, theory, and common sense antoine compagnon. Compagnon s stated goal is to expose the assumptions of both theory and common sense, and usually attempts to find a synthesis that will satisfy both or neither parties. Literature, theory, history jonathan hart download. As a result, argues antoine compagnon, theorists have gone to extremes, boxed themselves. Apr 01, 2008 literature, theory, and common sense, by antoine compagnon, translated by carol cosman, 224 pp.
The legacy of literary theory in the posttheoretical age in after theory, terry eagleton claimed that literary and cultural studies are now in their posttheoretical age. Can anyone recommend introductory material on literary. Allegory, globalization, and the faerie queene 45, 4 2014 political theory. Antoine compagnon, literature, theory, and common sense. Antoine compagnon 2004 abstract this article has no associated abstract. Preface to the american edition vii introduction 1 chapter 1. In addition to its own virtues, brewers work offers a guide to this literature, including important works by antoine compagnon, georges benrekassa, marcel detienne, and jean marie goulemot. Literature, theory, and common sense new french thought series antoine compagnon, carol cosman on. Some of the literaryhistorical issues raised by brewer have been more extensively discussed in france than in the united states.
Detheorization of the centre translatable into that other language or culture for us to be able to say something in english about the literature of the latter, and therefore about english literature itself. Debat sur lexperience litteraire by jeanjacques lecercle, ronald shusterman. Media participation and political theory george shulman, a flight from the real. Can anyone recommend introductory material on literary theory and analysis of literary texts. Jul 06, 2004 the unifying thesis is that theory sets itself in opposition to common sense and thus is driven to logical paradoxes. Since then, more and more voices have echoed his statement. Literature, theory, and common sense, by antoine compagnon, translated by carol cosman, 224 pp. Pdf literature, theory, and common sense semantic scholar. Google scholar charles percy snow 1998, the two cultures, cambridge. Download pdf remembrance of things paris free online new. Nov 30, 2006 dear mr administrator, ladies and gentlemen, professors, speaking here for the first time, i feel confused, for it seems like yesterday that i entered the gates of this institution to meet giants. The counterhistories of antoine compagnon and william marx.
Authors, writers and rumors of death, conference on antoine compagnons literature, theory, and common sense, university of chicago, november 5, 2004. Literature, theory, and common sense by antoine compagnon. In literary theory, the forms of rejection that have been continuously accumulated and purged around the notion of authorship characterize it concisely as a symbol of the humanism and universalism that the new critical discourses have sought to eliminate from aesthetic studies. Oct 10, 2011 preface to the american edition vii introduction 1 chapter 1. Joshua landy associate professor tel 6507234914 department of french and italian fax. As a result, argues antoine compagnon, theorists have gone to extremes, boxed themselves into paradoxes, and distanced others from their ideas. Download pdf remembrance of things paris free online. Literature, theory, and common sense new french thought. Common courtesy in eighteenthcentury english literature. Antoine compagnons 1998 book literature, theory, and common sense english translation 2004 58 is very readable and well informed, and it is structured. The unifying thesis is that theory sets itself in opposition to common sense and thus is driven to logical paradoxes. Dear mr administrator, ladies and gentlemen, professors, speaking here for the first time, i feel confused, for it seems like yesterday that i entered the gates of this institution to meet giants.
Fiction in literature is the fiction in the sense of utterance performativity instead of that in the sense of representation. Antoine compagnon 2004, literature, theory and common sense, princeton. Philosophy as fiction reconsidered, modern france workshop, university. Literature of the period a related movement, known as naturalism, sought to put the spirit of scientific observation to literary use. The legacy of literary theory in the posttheoretical age article pdf available in revista transilvania february 2019 with 79 reads. Despite this, common sense approaches to literature including the belief that literature represents reality and authorial intentions matterhave resisted theory with tenacity. Compagnons stated goal is to expose the assumptions of both theory and common sense, and usually attempts to find a synthesis that will satisfy both or neither parties.