American Literatures
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Studying literature expands the understanding of (fictional) texts by systematic reflections on what literature is, how it relates to history and culture, and how we can read it in order to arrive a ... t interesting and well-founded insights Literary studies are defined by three principles, which are interrelated: 1 Literary theory: - raises our awareness of what we are doing when we read literature 2 - provides us with new perspectives and concepts to analyse texts - helps us to understand secondary material 1 - and to communicate our own insights to others 2 Literary criticism: - describes, analyses, interprets and evaluates literary works: - reader records his/her subjective impressions of the text - reader presents an approach that explains its questions and terms of analysis in theoretically informed criticism 1 Literary history: - reconstructs the development of literature, taking into account theoretical assumptions, criticism and historical context - establish and revise a canon of works (a list of important texts) and therefore influences what is mainly read in schools and universities [Show More]
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