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Author : Stephen Bonnycastle
Release : 1996-01-31
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 837/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Search of Authority, second edition by : Stephen Bonnycastle
Download or read book In Search of Authority, second edition written by Stephen Bonnycastle. This book was released on 1996-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Bonnycastle
Release : 2007-04-26
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 115/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Search of Authority - Third Edition by : Stephen Bonnycastle
Download or read book In Search of Authority - Third Edition written by Stephen Bonnycastle. This book was released on 2007-04-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of Authority is the most engaging introduction to literary theory available today. This is the third edition of a book that has been widely used to introduce undergraduates to the field of literary theory. Its distinctive quality is the way in which it makes complex literary theories, such as structuralism, deconstruction, and post-modernism, accessible to students by relating these theories to students’ own enjoyment in reading literature. Each theory is illustrated by several applications of the theory to well-known literary works. Based on a reader-response approach to literature, In Search of Authority begins with an up-to-date account of the status of literary theory in the 21st century, including a response to recent debates about the “post-theory” question. It concludes with a discussion of how an understanding of literary theory can lead to the empowerment of the individual reader, and of how the authority of the professor can be gradually transferred to the student. This third edition has been revised and updated throughout. Each chapter ends with several questions to help students check their understanding of the key ideas in the chapter.
Author : Susan Gal
Release : 2014-10-14
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 790/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Languages and Publics by : Susan Gal
Download or read book Languages and Publics written by Susan Gal. This book was released on 2014-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection examine the public construction of languages, the linguistic construction of publics, and the relationship between these two processes. Cultural categories such as named languages, linguistic standards and genres are the products of expert knowledge as well as of linguistic ideologies more widely shared among speakers. Translation, grammars and dictionaries, the policing of correctness, folklore collections and linguistic academies are all part of the work that produces not only languages but also social groups and spheres of action such as "the public". Such representational processes are the topic of inquiry in this voume. They are explored as crucial aspects of power, figuring among the means for establishing inequality, imposing social hierarchy, and mobilizing political action. Contributions to this volume investigate two related questions: first, how different images of linguistic phenomena gain social credibility and political influence; and, secondly, the role of linguistic ideology and practices in the making of political authority. Using both historical and ethnographic approaches, they examine empirical cases ranging from small-scale societies to multi-ethnic empire, from nineteenth-century linguistic theories to contemporary mass media, and from Europe to Oceania to the Americas. Contributors include Susan Gal, Kathryn Woolard, Judith Irvine, Richard Bauman, Michael Silverstein, Jane Hill, Joseph Errington, Bambi Schieffelin, Jacqueline Urla and Ben Lee.
Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Release : 2014-05-06
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 107/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Authority by : Jeff VanderMeer
Download or read book Authority written by Jeff VanderMeer. This book was released on 2014-05-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened. In Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer introduced Area X--a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. This was the first volume of a projected trilogy; well in advance of publication, translation rights had already sold around the world and a major movie deal had been struck. Just months later, Authority, the second volume, is here. For thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X has taken the form of a series of expeditions monitored by a secret agency called the Southern Reach. After the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez, aka "Control," is the team's newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves--and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he's promised to serve. And the consequences will spread much further than that. The Southern Reach trilogy will conclude in fall 2014 with Acceptance"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Paul Avis
Release : 2014-03-13
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 518/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Search of Authority by : Paul Avis
Download or read book In Search of Authority written by Paul Avis. This book was released on 2014-03-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new three-part book series, Avis tackles a series of issues relevant to Anglicanism in the current day. The first book, In Search of Authority, seeks to examine Anglican Theology in relation to questions of authority. Anglican theology has been a hotbed of debate about the issue of authority since the Reformation. What do we really appeal to when attempting to decide matters of doctrine, worship, ministry or ethics? The debate is very much alive today, between Evangelical, Liberal and Catholic Anglicans around the world. This book focuses on the understanding of authority in Anglican theology.
