STUDYING ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE AN INTRO AND COMPANION

STUDYING ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE IS UNIQUE IN OFFERING BOTH AN INTRODUCTION AND A COMPANION FOR STUDENTS TAKING ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE DEGREES. COMBINING THE FUNCTIONS OF STUDY GUIDE, CRITICAL DICTIONARY AND TEXT ANTHOLOGY, THIS IS A FRESHLY RECAST VERSION OF THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED THE ENGLISH STUDIES BOOK. THIS THIRD EDITION FEATURES FRESH SECTIONS ON THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND STUDY STRATEGIES NEEDED TO COMPLETE A DEGREE IN ENGLISH-FROM CLOSE READING, RESEARCH AND REFERENCING TO FULL GUIDELINES AND TIPS ON ESSAY-WRITING, PARTICIPATING IN SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS AND REVISION AN AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO THE LIFE SKILLS, FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS AND CAREER PATHWAYS OPEN TO GRADUATES OF THE SUBJECT UPDATED INTRODUCTIONS TO THE MAJOR THEORETICAL POSITIONS AND APPROACHES TAKEN BY SCHOLARS IN THE FIELD, FROM EARLIER TWENTIETH CENTURY PRACTICAL CRITICISM TO THE LATEST GLOBAL AND ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES EXTENSIVE ENTRIES ON KEY TERMS SUCH AS 'AUTHOR, 'GENRE,, 'NARRATIVE, AND 'TRANSLA