Introduction to Literary Analysis

This book provides a complete guide to analyzing literary works, from an introduction of basic principles to the finer details. It is a synthesis of established scholarship with new, original insights, making it an ideal introduction to the study of English Literature as well as a valuable companion throughout further study.

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Louis Hébert is a Professor at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada. He has published many books on semiotics and the methodology of literary analysis, in Quebec, France, and the UK, including An Introduction to Applied Semiotics (Routledge).

Inhalt

List of Figures

List of Contributors

INTRODUCTION

PART I: PRINCIPLES

1. Definition of analysis

2. Components of analysis

3. Objects of analysis

PART II: COMPONENTS OF ANALYSIS

4. Aspects of the literary text

5. Approaches to literary texts

6. Corpus

7. Aspects of theater

PART III: COMPONENTS OF THE ANALYTICAL TEXT

8. The general structure of analysis

9. The pedagogical essay

10. Analysis of a theoretical element

11. The plan of the analytical text

12. Argumentation

13. Opinion and taking a position

14. Hypothesis

15. Paragraph

16. Citation

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX