Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780787200121
ISBN: 0787200123
Label: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
Manufacturer: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
Publication Date: 1994-07
Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
Sales Rank: 414423
Studio: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
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Rating:  - An Intro to Critical Theory for the Rest of Us!
This is a super introduction to various critical approaches. Unlike authors of other books of this kind, the authors of "The Critical Experience" write in easy-to-understand language rather than stilted Academian. It was probably not designed for MA students, or even for undergraduates who sit in the library, bantering about the benefits of new historicism and why relativism is impractical.
Now, as an MA student, I have found myself returning to this book on numerous occasions throughout my ... Read More
Rating:  - Critical Item to Remember: It's Just the Introduction
David Cowles and other faculty at BYU have come up with a very decent introduction to critical theories. I enjoyed reading it and found its explanations helpful.
That the book is too reductive is the major complaint I've heard as I've spoken with other students who have used it. These are usually English M.A. students, though. Especially after studying more in-depth the theories that the book covers, I admit that it's reductive, but I also wonder how I would go about writing an unreductive ... Read More
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