J onathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than its title suggests. Essentially an apologia for the nuts-and-bolts work of literary studies, it is best described not as “ambitious” — ...

Of the character sketches that the English satirist Samuel Butler wrote in the mid-seventeenth century—among them “A Degenerate Noble,” “A Huffing Courtier,” “A Small Poet,” and “A Romance Writer”—the ...

Provided an accessible entry point into complex literary criticism concepts Reframed student engagement with literary works in the context of current debates Influenced course design and teaching in ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) at the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), participated in the ...

Criticism had not been an exciting segment in Sinhala literature till focus was drawn to it by Peradeniya critics. They understood the value of the study and criticism of Sinhala Literature and laid ...

For all the debates that have roiled literature departments over the past 60 years, the history of the discipline itself is a source of surprising consensus. According to the standard narrative, ...

'Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism' was translated by Dr. Majdi Kebbah Abu Dhabi: Kalima, the translation initiative of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, has ...

An anthology of 17 essays acquaints the reader with new perspectives on Indian literary criticism and interrogates the critical trajectories employed in a range of Indian languages including Hindi, ...