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9780521349994

Genres in Discourse

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521349994

  • ISBN10:

    0521349990

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-08-31
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is a collection in translation of recent essays by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the most eminent of contemporary literacy critics. In the first section of this volume Todorov proposes definitions for the notions of literature, discourse and genre.

Table of Contents

Prefatory note
Part I: 1. The notions of literature
2. The origin of genres
Part II: 3. The two principles of narrative
4. Reading as construction
5. A poetic novel
6. Poetry without verse
Part III: 7. Notes from the Underground
8. The limits of Edgar Poe
9. Heart of Darkness
10. The Awkward Age
Index.

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