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Doing English presents the ideas and debates that shape how we ‘do’ English today, explaining arguments about the value of literature, the canon, Shakespeare, theory, politics and the subject itself. In his lucid and engaging style, Robert Eaglestone: orients students by encouraging them to think about what they are doing when they study literature; bridges the gap between English at A-level and International Baccalaureate to English in Higher Education by exploring traditional and theoretical approaches to literature and explaining key ideas and trends; explains to students why English, more than any other subject, is the cause of public debate and concern in the media and amongst politicians and educators. This popular and classic guide has been fully updated throughout to take account of recent research, educational changes and current events, and it now includes a chapter called ‘Why Study English?’ – showing how and why the skills taught by English are transferable to a range of careers. This immensely readable book is the ideal introduction to studying English Literature.

Table of Contents:
Part I - How We Read 1. Studying English Who is this book for? What is it for? How to use this book 2. Where did English come from? What are disciplines? How did English develop? How do those ideas still shape today? 3. Studying English Today? Why did English change? What do these changes mean? What is literary theory? What does this mean for you, studying English? 4. The Discipline of English How do changes in the discipline affect your study of English? What is ‘disciplinary consciousness’? Is there a right answer in English? Why is there ‘jargon’ in English? How do you learn a ‘disciplinary consciousness’? 5. Critical Attitudes Where should we start with thinking about how we read? What is the intrinsic attitude? What is the extrinsic attitude? Part II - What We Read 6. Literature, Value and the Canon Can literature be defined? What is literary value? What is the canon? How does the canon affect you? 7. Castle Shakespeare Why is Shakespeare so central to studying English literature? What are the traditional arguments for studying Shakespeare? What are some of the new ideas about studying Shakespeare? How do these ideas affect the way we study Shakespeare? 8. The Author is Dead? Who decides what a text means: the author or the reader? What is the traditional view of the author, meaning and the text? What are the problems with this view? How else can we determine the meaning of the text? Why has the author always seemed so important? What are the consequences of all of this? 9. Metaphors and Figures of Speech What is a figure of speech? What are metaphors, and how do they work? How do they affect us? 10. Narrative and Closure Why are stories important? How do we understand narrative and narrators? What is closure? 11. Creative Writing and Critical Rewriting What is creative writing? What is intertextuality? What is critical rewriting? How is creative writing marked? How has creative writing changed doing English? 12. English, Politics and Identity What is politics, and what does English have to do with it? What do different critical attitudes mean for the issue of literature and politics? How does the study of literature become involved with national identity? Why has English been a political battleground? 13. Why Study English? Why do English at University? Is English useful? Is English valuable? What skills does it involve? Conclusion – The Importance of English

About the Author :
Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is widely published and has advised a range of government bodies and exam boards. In 2014, he won a HEA National Teaching Fellowship.

Review :
'This new edition of Doing English is stunningly good. It manages the tough feat of bettering the earlier editions, which were themselves an invaluable introduction to literary study. The introduction of new material not only updates but also adds new lines of thought and addresses fresh issues at the heart of the subject. Always written in admirably clear prose, it never oversimplifies, opening up the nature of the discipline, its practices and debates, for those engaging with it for the first time.' Barbara Bleiman, Education Consultant and Co-Editor of emagazine, the English and Media Centre


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  • ISBN-13: 9781138039612
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 178
  • Sub Title: A Guide for Literature Students
  • Width: 129 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1138039616
  • Publisher Date: 15 Aug 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Doing... Series
  • Weight: 280 gr


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