Title Details: | |
History and theory of literary generations and genres |
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Other Titles: |
Examples and applications |
Authors: |
Karakasi, Aikaterini Spyridopoulou, Maria Kotelides, George |
Reviewer: |
Chrysanthopoulos, Michalis |
Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > POETRY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > PROSE HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE |
Keywords: |
Literature
Theory and History Of Literature Poetry Drama Prose Literary genres Literary subgenres |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
The textbook can be used as a primary and/or supplementary text by undergraduate and postgraduate students of humanities studying foreign or Greek literature, comparative literature, and theater studies. Its aim is to critically present the genres and types that have appeared, become established, and been codified in the history of European literature, as well as the theory behind them, through a critical overview of important poets who have worked throughout the centuries and shaped the aesthetics, reception and production of literature. Starting from the acceptance that “the genre is the structure of which the works are variations” we approach the categories and subcategories of literary production in two ways: a) from a historical point of view, closely following the emergence, survival or disappearance in the various periods of their creation (the diachronic axis) and b) from a theoretical point of view, by investigating and presenting those characteristics that allow us to categorize works into specific genres and types (synchronic axis). For example, we present both the structural elements that govern the genre of the novel and its changes over the centuries. We link theory with practice through examples and practical applications, which is why the chapters consist of two parts: a) the first and largest part analyzes contemporary literary production, presenting the dominant or emerging genres, while also examining the “actions” or “reactions” of theory, and b) the second part consists of short excerpts from theoretical texts and brief commentary (aimed at familiarizing students with critical thinking) and short excerpts from modern Greek and European literature directly related to the genres outlined in the corresponding chapter.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Ntafos, Vaios |
Graphic Editors: |
Papadopoulos, Kyriakos |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-960-603-249-3 |
License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-811 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1989 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Karakasi, A., Spyridopoulou, M., & Kotelides, G. (2015). History and theory of literary generations and genres [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-811 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. What are literary genres and types, and why do we need them? 2. What Are literature and literariness? 3. Literary genres and types in Antiquity: Poetics and Rhetoric 4. Epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry in ancient Greece 5. Τα λογοτεχνικά γένη και είδη από την ελληνιστική εποχή έως και τον Μεσαίωνα. Ποιητική και Ρητορική 6. Epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry from the Hellenistic period to the Middle Ages 7. The Renaissance and the revival of poetry: Creation and tradition 8. French classicism and the emergence of a new critical discourse 9. The rule and the exception: Baroque 10. Enlightenment - Poetry of sensitivity and rejection of rhetoric 11. New poetic movements: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism 12. Modernism: the return of rhetoric and the end of literary genres |
Number of pages |
284 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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