An Introduction to Literary Studies

1. What is Literature, What is a Text? 2. Major Genres in Textual Studies 1. Fiction 2. Poetry 3. Drama 4. Film 3. Periods of English Literature (Old-English, Middle-English, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Puritan Age, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, Postmodernism, Feminist and 'Minority' Literatures, New Literatures in English) 4. Theoretical Approaches to Literature 1. Text-Oriented Approaches 2. Author-Oriented Approaches 3. Reader-Oriented Approaches 4. Context-Oriented Approaches 5. Literary Critique and Evaluation 5. Where and How to Find Secondary Literature 6. How to Write a Scholarly Paper 7. Suggestions for Further Reading 8. Glossary of Literature and Cinematographic Terms Notes Author and Title Index Subject Index