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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524852703321

Autore

Bleich David

Titolo

Subjective Criticism / David Bleich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN

0-8018-2093-6

1-4214-3494-6

Edizione

[Johns Hopkins Paperbacks editions, 1981]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (309 pages))

Disciplina

410.7

Soggetti

Philology - Study and teaching

English philology - Study and teaching

Criticism

Project Muse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1978; paperbacks edition 1981

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Language, literacy, and criticism -- The subjective paradigm -- The motivational character of language and symbol formation -- The logic of interpretation -- Epistemological assumptions in the study of response -- The pedagogical development of knowledge -- The relative negotiability of response statements -- Acts of taste and changes of taste -- The construction of literary meaning -- The conception and documentation of the author -- Collective interests and the definition of literary regularities -- Knowledge, responsibility, and community.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1981. The meaning and objectives of literature, argues David Bleich, are created by the reader, who depends on community consensus to validate his or her judgements. Bleich proposes that the study of English be consciously reoriented from a knowledge-finding to a knowledge-making enterprise. This involves a new explanation of language acquisition in childhood, a psychologically disciplined concept of linguistic and literary response, and a recognition of the intellectual authority of pedagogical communities to originate and establish knowledge. Amplifying his theoretical model with subjective responses drawn from his own classroom experience, Bleich suggests ways in which the study of language and literature can



become more fully integrated with each person's responsibility for what he or she knows.