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基本説明
著者はハーバード大学英文学教授で同大人文学研究所長。文学を保つために、「知的に重要な、大きな公の問い」を意識する、安全ではなくリスクをとることを唱える。
"Is an attempt to remind us of the specificity of what it means to ask literary questions, and the pleasure of thinking through and with literature. It is a manifesto in the sense that it invites strong declarations on big ideas, rather than impeccable small contributions".
Full Description
"A Manifesto for Literary Studies," writes Marjorie Garber, "is an attempt to remind us of the specificity of what it means to ask literary questions, and the pleasure of thinking through and with literature. It is a manifesto in the sense that it invites strong declarations and big ideas, rather than impeccable small contributions to edifices long under construction." Known for her timely challenges to the preconceptions and often unquestioned boundaries that circumscribe our culture, Garber's beautifully crafted arguments situate "big public questions of intellectual importance" - such as human nature and historical correctness - within the practice of literary historians and critics. This manifesto revives the ancient craft whose ultimate focus is language in action. In this book, Garber passionately states that "the future importance of literary studies - and, if we care about such things, its intellectual and cultural prestige both among the other disciplines and in the world - will come from taking risks, and not from playing it safe."
Contents
Introduction: Asking Literary Questions
Who Owns "Human Nature"?
Historical Correctness: The Use and Abuse of History for Literature
