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Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / [written and edited by] Thomas D. Davis
| Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / [written and edited by] Thomas D. Davis |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Collana | Blackwell philosophy anthologies |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics, Modern -- 21st century
Social problems -- Moral and ethical aspects Ethics in literature Fiction -- History and criticism Literature -- Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-118-62521-8
1-118-62535-8 9781118625354 |
| Classificazione |
150
170 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contemporary Moral and Social Issues: An Introduction through Original Fiction, Discussion, and Readings -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Source Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction Values -- 1 Values: Fiction -- Too Much -- Questions -- 2 Values: Discussion -- Too Much -- Values -- Personal Values -- Some distinctions -- Happiness as the ultimate personal value -- Happiness research -- Other personal values -- Moral Values -- Moral values/issues in the story -- What are moral values? -- Biased moral reasoning -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 3 Values: Readings -- Claudia Wallis writes about the "new science of happiness" -- Robert Nozick discusses his case of the "experience machine" -- Jonathan Glover discusses the dual values of happiness and flourishing -- Patrick Grim asks what makes a life good, distinguishing between "lives to envy" and "lives to admire" -- Louis P. Pojman, Richard Joyce and Shaun Nichols give their views on what morality is -- Jonathan haidt discusses biases in our moral reasoning -- Part II Moral Theory -- 4 Moral Theory: Fiction -- Long Live the King -- Questions -- 5 Moral Theory: Discussion -- Long Live the King -- Religious ethics -- God and the good -- The God perspective -- Utilitarianism and rights -- Utilitarianism -- A first look at rights -- The idealized human perspective -- Aristotle and virtue ethics -- Kant and universalizability -- Rawls and the ideal agent -- The unidealized human perspective -- Evolutionary ethics -- Basic social contract theory -- Moral libertarianism -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- Appendix: moral relativism -- What's supposed to be relative? -- Cultural relativism -- Individual relativism/moral subjectivism -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 6 Moral Theory: Readings.
Jeremy Bentham presents a classic statement of the principle of utility -- John Stuart Mill argues that there are higher and lower forms of happiness -- Peter Singer discusses what ethics is and offers a justification for a utilitarian ethic -- Immanuel Kant argues that ethics is based on "the categorical imperative" -- John Rawls argues that from an original position of equality we would reject utilitarianism in favor of his two principles of justice -- Robert Nozick discusses the moral principles behind his political libertarianism -- Jeremy Waldron discusses the concept of human rights and gives an argument for "welfare rights" -- Aristotle analyzes happiness as a life lived according to virtue -- Jonathan Haidt discusses virtue ethics in the context of positive psychology -- Jean Grimshaw discusses the idea of a female ethic, reviewing some contemporary writers on the subject -- Simon Blackburn warns against confusions we should avoid if we read popular literature on ethics and evolution -- George Lakoff describes two forms of Christianity that parallel two different models of the family -- James Rachels discusses "the challenge of cultural relativism" -- Part III Morality and Politics -- 7 Morality and Politics: Fiction -- The Divided States of America -- Questions -- 8 Morality and Politics: Discussion -- The Divided States of America -- Preliminary issues -- Morality and free markets -- Democracy -- Religion in the public square -- Four political philosophies -- Libertarianism -- Conservatism -- Liberalism -- Socialism -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 9 Morality and Politics: Readings -- Jerry Z. Muller defines capitalism and talks about some of the tensions between capitalism and democracy -- Fareed Zakaria analyzes the two strands of "liberal democracy"-democracy and constitutional liberalism. Noah Feldman discusses the origins of the Free Exercise and Establishment clauses of the First Amendment -- John Hospers discusses libertarianism -- Patrick N. Allitt discusses conservativism -- Paul Starr discusses liberalism -- Peter Self discusses socialism -- Part IV World Poverty -- 10 World Poverty: Fiction -- The River -- Questions -- 11 World Poverty: Discussion -- The River -- Facts and factual issues -- World poverty: basic facts -- Financial aid and economic growth -- Food aid and the "Green Revolution" -- Trying to find out what works -- What, if anything, can individuals do to help? -- Peter Singer: we owe much to the world's poor -- Singer's Shallow Pond argument -- Sympathetic critiques and alternate proposals -- Libertarians: we owe nothing to the world's poor -- Arguments of libertarians and social contract theorists -- Pogge: obligations even on libertarian principles -- Religion and aiding the poor -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 12 World Poverty: Readings -- Nicholas D. Kristof discusses the failures and successes of foreign aid -- Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo discuss the debate on world poverty and the need for controlled trials to see what interventions work -- Peter Singer argues that to live a morally decent life, the well-off would have to give most of what they have to the world's poor -- Kwame Anthony Appiah argues that we do not owe so much to strangers as Singer claims -- Jan Narveson, a libertarian, argues that feeding the hungry is not an obligation -- Thomas Pogge argues that even on libertarian principles the West has some responsibility for alleviating world poverty -- Jim Wallis talks about biblical injunctions to help the poor -- Part V Abortion -- 13 Abortion: Fiction -- The Blessing of the Blastocysts -- Questions -- 14 Abortion: Discussion -- The Blessing of the Blastocysts. Facts and factual issues -- Abortion: definition and statistics -- Abortion methods -- Development of the embryo/fetus -- Legal status of abortion -- Religious positions -- Public opinion -- The complexity of the abortion issue -- A range of positions -- The moral versus the legal -- Practical means to reducing abortion -- Two central moral issues -- The moral status of the fetus -- Fetal development and moral status -- Pro-life arguments re fetal status -- Pro-choice arguments re fetal status -- Moderate-position arguments re fetal status -- Conflicting claims of the mother versus the fetus -- Summary -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 15 Abortion: Readings -- Roger A. Paynter discusses different interpretations of what the Bible has to say about abortion -- John T. Noonan, Jr. argues that abortion is morally wrong -- Mary Ann Warren argues that fetuses don't qualify as persons with a right to life -- Gregg Easterbrook argues that third-trimester abortions-but those only-should be tightly restricted -- Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that even if it were granted that the fetus is a person, many abortions can still be justified in terms of the rights of the mother -- Joel Feinberg and Barbara Baum Levenbook consider the claim that even if the fetus is a person, the interests of the mother justify abortion in many cases -- Jane English thinks a moderate position on abortion can be justified, whether or not the fetus is conceived as a person -- Part VI Animals -- 16 Animals: Fiction -- The Trainers -- Questions -- 17 Animals: Discussion -- The Trainers -- Facts and factual issues -- Research animals -- Factory farming -- Three moral views regarding our use of animals -- Animal minds -- Pro-Status Quo views -- Animal Welfare views -- Abolitionist views -- The Speciesist Critique -- Singer and utilitarianism. Regan and animal rights -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 18 Animals: Readings -- David DeGrazia presents the case for animals feeling pain -- Robert Nozick asks what moral constraints there are, if any, on the behavior of humans toward animals -- Peter Singer argues that all creatures who are capable of suffering are entitled to equal concern -- Tom Regan argues the case for animal rights -- Carl Cohen defends the use of animals in medical research -- Matthew Scully pleads for animal welfare, speaking particularly to fellow conservatives and Christians -- Part VII The Environment -- 19 The Environment: Fiction -- Museum for a Dying Planet -- Questions -- 20 The Environment: Discussion -- Museum for a Dying Planet -- Facts and factual issues -- Environmental problems -- A history of environmental issues in the US -- Global warming -- Environmental decision-making -- The assessment of risk -- Present versus future people -- Environmental justice -- Cost-benefit analysis -- What has inherent moral worth? -- Humans? Animals? The natural world? -- Humans (only) -- Sentient creatures (only) -- Living things (only) -- Natural things (only) -- Natural systems -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 21 The Environment: Readings -- Edmund O. Wilson describes environmental problems and presents two opposing views as to how they should be approached -- Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King present a mitigationist view re global warming -- Bjorn Lomborg presents an adaptationist case re global warming -- Timothy Taylor discusses the problem of how to discount the future, especially in the case of low-probability, high-risk events -- William Baxter argues for an anthropocentric view of the environment -- Richard Routley argues against an anthropocentric view of the environment. Paul Taylor argues that all living things can be said to have a "good of their own" and are worthy of respect and moral consideration. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911105792303321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / [written and edited by] Thomas D. Davis
| Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / [written and edited by] Thomas D. Davis |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Collana | Blackwell philosophy anthologies |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics, Modern -- 21st century
Social problems -- Moral and ethical aspects Ethics in literature Fiction -- History and criticism Literature -- Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-118-62521-8
1-118-62535-8 9781118625354 |
| Classificazione |
150
170 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contemporary Moral and Social Issues: An Introduction through Original Fiction, Discussion, and Readings -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Source Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction Values -- 1 Values: Fiction -- Too Much -- Questions -- 2 Values: Discussion -- Too Much -- Values -- Personal Values -- Some distinctions -- Happiness as the ultimate personal value -- Happiness research -- Other personal values -- Moral Values -- Moral values/issues in the story -- What are moral values? -- Biased moral reasoning -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 3 Values: Readings -- Claudia Wallis writes about the "new science of happiness" -- Robert Nozick discusses his case of the "experience machine" -- Jonathan Glover discusses the dual values of happiness and flourishing -- Patrick Grim asks what makes a life good, distinguishing between "lives to envy" and "lives to admire" -- Louis P. Pojman, Richard Joyce and Shaun Nichols give their views on what morality is -- Jonathan haidt discusses biases in our moral reasoning -- Part II Moral Theory -- 4 Moral Theory: Fiction -- Long Live the King -- Questions -- 5 Moral Theory: Discussion -- Long Live the King -- Religious ethics -- God and the good -- The God perspective -- Utilitarianism and rights -- Utilitarianism -- A first look at rights -- The idealized human perspective -- Aristotle and virtue ethics -- Kant and universalizability -- Rawls and the ideal agent -- The unidealized human perspective -- Evolutionary ethics -- Basic social contract theory -- Moral libertarianism -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- Appendix: moral relativism -- What's supposed to be relative? -- Cultural relativism -- Individual relativism/moral subjectivism -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 6 Moral Theory: Readings.
Jeremy Bentham presents a classic statement of the principle of utility -- John Stuart Mill argues that there are higher and lower forms of happiness -- Peter Singer discusses what ethics is and offers a justification for a utilitarian ethic -- Immanuel Kant argues that ethics is based on "the categorical imperative" -- John Rawls argues that from an original position of equality we would reject utilitarianism in favor of his two principles of justice -- Robert Nozick discusses the moral principles behind his political libertarianism -- Jeremy Waldron discusses the concept of human rights and gives an argument for "welfare rights" -- Aristotle analyzes happiness as a life lived according to virtue -- Jonathan Haidt discusses virtue ethics in the context of positive psychology -- Jean Grimshaw discusses the idea of a female ethic, reviewing some contemporary writers on the subject -- Simon Blackburn warns against confusions we should avoid if we read popular literature on ethics and evolution -- George Lakoff describes two forms of Christianity that parallel two different models of the family -- James Rachels discusses "the challenge of cultural relativism" -- Part III Morality and Politics -- 7 Morality and Politics: Fiction -- The Divided States of America -- Questions -- 8 Morality and Politics: Discussion -- The Divided States of America -- Preliminary issues -- Morality and free markets -- Democracy -- Religion in the public square -- Four political philosophies -- Libertarianism -- Conservatism -- Liberalism -- Socialism -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 9 Morality and Politics: Readings -- Jerry Z. Muller defines capitalism and talks about some of the tensions between capitalism and democracy -- Fareed Zakaria analyzes the two strands of "liberal democracy"-democracy and constitutional liberalism. Noah Feldman discusses the origins of the Free Exercise and Establishment clauses of the First Amendment -- John Hospers discusses libertarianism -- Patrick N. Allitt discusses conservativism -- Paul Starr discusses liberalism -- Peter Self discusses socialism -- Part IV World Poverty -- 10 World Poverty: Fiction -- The River -- Questions -- 11 World Poverty: Discussion -- The River -- Facts and factual issues -- World poverty: basic facts -- Financial aid and economic growth -- Food aid and the "Green Revolution" -- Trying to find out what works -- What, if anything, can individuals do to help? -- Peter Singer: we owe much to the world's poor -- Singer's Shallow Pond argument -- Sympathetic critiques and alternate proposals -- Libertarians: we owe nothing to the world's poor -- Arguments of libertarians and social contract theorists -- Pogge: obligations even on libertarian principles -- Religion and aiding the poor -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 12 World Poverty: Readings -- Nicholas D. Kristof discusses the failures and successes of foreign aid -- Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo discuss the debate on world poverty and the need for controlled trials to see what interventions work -- Peter Singer argues that to live a morally decent life, the well-off would have to give most of what they have to the world's poor -- Kwame Anthony Appiah argues that we do not owe so much to strangers as Singer claims -- Jan Narveson, a libertarian, argues that feeding the hungry is not an obligation -- Thomas Pogge argues that even on libertarian principles the West has some responsibility for alleviating world poverty -- Jim Wallis talks about biblical injunctions to help the poor -- Part V Abortion -- 13 Abortion: Fiction -- The Blessing of the Blastocysts -- Questions -- 14 Abortion: Discussion -- The Blessing of the Blastocysts. Facts and factual issues -- Abortion: definition and statistics -- Abortion methods -- Development of the embryo/fetus -- Legal status of abortion -- Religious positions -- Public opinion -- The complexity of the abortion issue -- A range of positions -- The moral versus the legal -- Practical means to reducing abortion -- Two central moral issues -- The moral status of the fetus -- Fetal development and moral status -- Pro-life arguments re fetal status -- Pro-choice arguments re fetal status -- Moderate-position arguments re fetal status -- Conflicting claims of the mother versus the fetus -- Summary -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 15 Abortion: Readings -- Roger A. Paynter discusses different interpretations of what the Bible has to say about abortion -- John T. Noonan, Jr. argues that abortion is morally wrong -- Mary Ann Warren argues that fetuses don't qualify as persons with a right to life -- Gregg Easterbrook argues that third-trimester abortions-but those only-should be tightly restricted -- Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that even if it were granted that the fetus is a person, many abortions can still be justified in terms of the rights of the mother -- Joel Feinberg and Barbara Baum Levenbook consider the claim that even if the fetus is a person, the interests of the mother justify abortion in many cases -- Jane English thinks a moderate position on abortion can be justified, whether or not the fetus is conceived as a person -- Part VI Animals -- 16 Animals: Fiction -- The Trainers -- Questions -- 17 Animals: Discussion -- The Trainers -- Facts and factual issues -- Research animals -- Factory farming -- Three moral views regarding our use of animals -- Animal minds -- Pro-Status Quo views -- Animal Welfare views -- Abolitionist views -- The Speciesist Critique -- Singer and utilitarianism. Regan and animal rights -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 18 Animals: Readings -- David DeGrazia presents the case for animals feeling pain -- Robert Nozick asks what moral constraints there are, if any, on the behavior of humans toward animals -- Peter Singer argues that all creatures who are capable of suffering are entitled to equal concern -- Tom Regan argues the case for animal rights -- Carl Cohen defends the use of animals in medical research -- Matthew Scully pleads for animal welfare, speaking particularly to fellow conservatives and Christians -- Part VII The Environment -- 19 The Environment: Fiction -- Museum for a Dying Planet -- Questions -- 20 The Environment: Discussion -- Museum for a Dying Planet -- Facts and factual issues -- Environmental problems -- A history of environmental issues in the US -- Global warming -- Environmental decision-making -- The assessment of risk -- Present versus future people -- Environmental justice -- Cost-benefit analysis -- What has inherent moral worth? -- Humans? Animals? The natural world? -- Humans (only) -- Sentient creatures (only) -- Living things (only) -- Natural things (only) -- Natural systems -- Notes and selected sources -- Definitions -- Questions -- 21 The Environment: Readings -- Edmund O. Wilson describes environmental problems and presents two opposing views as to how they should be approached -- Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King present a mitigationist view re global warming -- Bjorn Lomborg presents an adaptationist case re global warming -- Timothy Taylor discusses the problem of how to discount the future, especially in the case of low-probability, high-risk events -- William Baxter argues for an anthropocentric view of the environment -- Richard Routley argues against an anthropocentric view of the environment. Paul Taylor argues that all living things can be said to have a "good of their own" and are worthy of respect and moral consideration. |
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| Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ends of Enlightenment [[electronic resource]]
| Ends of Enlightenment [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Bender John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina |
809.3/033
809.3033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment - Influence
Enlightenment -- Influence European fiction - 18th century - History and criticism European fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism Literature - Philosophy Literature -- Philosophy Literature and science - Europe - History - 18th century Literature and science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Realism in literature European fiction - History and criticism - 18th century - Europe Literature and science - History - 18th century Realism in literature - Philosophy Literature - Influence Enlightenment Languages & Literatures Literature - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8461-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; Ends of Enlightenment; II. Enlightenment Knowledge; 1. Novel Knowledge: Judgment, Experience, Experiment; 2. Enlightenment Fiction and the Scientific Hypothesis; 3. Matters of Fact: Virtual Witnessing and the Public in Hogarth's Narratives; 4. Hume's Learned and Conversible Worlds (with Robin Valenza); III. Enlightenment Novels; 5. The Novel as Modern Myth: Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein, Dracula; 6. Tom Jones and the Public; 7. Prison Reform and the Sentence of Narration in The Vicar of Wakefield
8. Impersonal Violence: The Penetrating Gaze and the Field of Narration in Caleb WilliamsA Postscript on My Gross Anatomy Lab; 9. Rational Choice in Love: Les Liaisons dangereuses; IV. Enlightenment Frameworks; 10. Rhetoricality: On the Modernist Return of Rhetoric (with David E. Wellbery); Notes; Index |
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| Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ends of Enlightenment [[electronic resource]]
| Ends of Enlightenment [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Bender John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina |
809.3/033
809.3033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment - Influence
Enlightenment -- Influence European fiction - 18th century - History and criticism European fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism Literature - Philosophy Literature -- Philosophy Literature and science - Europe - History - 18th century Literature and science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Realism in literature European fiction - History and criticism - 18th century - Europe Literature and science - History - 18th century Realism in literature - Philosophy Literature and morals Enlightenment Languages & Literatures Literature - General |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8461-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; Ends of Enlightenment; II. Enlightenment Knowledge; 1. Novel Knowledge: Judgment, Experience, Experiment; 2. Enlightenment Fiction and the Scientific Hypothesis; 3. Matters of Fact: Virtual Witnessing and the Public in Hogarth's Narratives; 4. Hume's Learned and Conversible Worlds (with Robin Valenza); III. Enlightenment Novels; 5. The Novel as Modern Myth: Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein, Dracula; 6. Tom Jones and the Public; 7. Prison Reform and the Sentence of Narration in The Vicar of Wakefield
8. Impersonal Violence: The Penetrating Gaze and the Field of Narration in Caleb WilliamsA Postscript on My Gross Anatomy Lab; 9. Rational Choice in Love: Les Liaisons dangereuses; IV. Enlightenment Frameworks; 10. Rhetoricality: On the Modernist Return of Rhetoric (with David E. Wellbery); Notes; Index |
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Bender John
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| Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Literary theory : a practical introduction / / [edited by] Michael Ryan
| Literary theory : a practical introduction / / [edited by] Michael Ryan |
| Edizione | [3rd ed] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 801 |
| Collana | How to study literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature -- Philosophy
Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Literary criticism -- Semiotics & theory |
| ISBN |
1-119-06175-X
9781119061731 |
| Classificazione |
901
801 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Note to Teachers Literary Theory: A Primer 1 Chapter 1 Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Poetics An Introduction to Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Poetics Exercise 1.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 1.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Moose" and "At the Fishhouses" Exercise 1.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 1.4 Alice Munro, "Royal Beatings" and "Wild Swans" Exercise 1.5 The Wachowskis, The Matrix Chapter 2 Structuralism, Linguistics, Narratology An Introduction to Structuralism, Linguistics, Narratology Exercise 2.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 2.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Map" Exercise 2.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 2.4 Alice Munro, "The Progress of Love" Exercise 2.5 John Ford, The Searchers Chapter 3 Phenomenology, Reception, Ethics An Introduction to Phenomenology, Reception, Ethics Exercise 3.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 3.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Fish" Exercise 3.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 3.4 Alice Munro, "Material" Exercise 3.5 Paul Gilroy, Michael Clayton Chapter 4 Post-Structuralism An Introduction to Post-Structuralism Exercise 4.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 4.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance" Exercise 4.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 4.4 Alice Munro, "Differently" Exercise 4.5 Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds and Tom Tykwer, Run, Lola, Run Chapter 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychology An Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Psychology Exercise 5.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 5.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Village" and "Sestina" Exercise 5.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 5.4 Alice Munro, "Meneseteung" Exercise 5.5 David Lynch, Blue Velvet Chapter 6 Marxism and Critical Theory An Introduction to Marxism and Critical Theory Exercise 6.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 6.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "A Miracle for Breakfast" Exercise 6.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 6.4 Alice Munro, "Hired Girl" and "The Beggar Maid" Exercise 6.5 Mike Nichols, Working Girl and Stanley Kubrick, The Shining Chapter 7 History An Introduction to Historical Criticism Exercise7.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 7.2 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Exercise 7.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 7.4 Alice Munro, "Walker Brothers Cowboy" Exercise 7.5 Elizabeth Bishop, "Twelve O'Clock News" Exercise 7.6 Luis Puenzo, The Official Story and Susana Blaustein Munoz and Lourdes Portillo, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo Chapter 8 Gender Studies An Introduction to Gender Studies Exercise 8.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 8.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "Roosters," "In the Waiting Room," and "Exchanging Hats" Exercise 8.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 8.4 Alice Munro, "The Love of a Good Woman" and "Lichen" Exercise 8.5 Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs and Jenny Livingstone, Paris Is Burning Chapter 9 Ethnic Studies An Introduction to Ethnic Studies Exercise 9.1 Elizabeth Bishop, "Faustina, or Rock Roses" Exercise 9.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 9.3 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye Exercise 9.4 NWA, "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate" Exercise 9.5 Joel Schumacher, Falling Down and Mathieu Kassovitz, Hate Chapter 10 Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Transnational Studies An Introduction to Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Transnational Studies Exercise 10.1 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Exercise 10.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "Brazil, January 1, 1502" and "The Burglar of Babylon" Exercise 10.3 Alice Munro, "The Wilderness Station" Exercise 10.4 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye Exercise 10.5 Kieran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss Exercise 10.6 Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine Exercise 10.7 Djbril Diop Mambety, Hyenas and Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now Chapter 11 Cognition, Emotion, Evolution, Science An Introduction to Cognition, Emotion, Evolution, Science Exercise 11.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 11.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room," "Crusoe in England," and "One Art" Exercise 11.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 11.4 Alice Munro, "Fits" Exercise 11.5 Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love Chapter 12 Animals, Humans, Places, Things An Introduction to Animals, Humans, Places, Things 12.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear 12.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 12.3 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Fish" and "Pink Dog" 12.4 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein 12.5 Alice Munro, "Runaway" and "Vandals" 12.6 Agnes Varda, Vagabond Appendix Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Village" Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911099474403321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Literary theory : a practical introduction / / [edited by] Michael Ryan
| Literary theory : a practical introduction / / [edited by] Michael Ryan |
| Edizione | [3rd ed] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 801 |
| Collana | How to study literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature -- Philosophy
Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Literary criticism -- Semiotics & theory |
| ISBN |
1-119-06175-X
9781119061731 |
| Classificazione |
901
801 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Note to Teachers Literary Theory: A Primer 1 Chapter 1 Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Poetics An Introduction to Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Poetics Exercise 1.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 1.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Moose" and "At the Fishhouses" Exercise 1.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 1.4 Alice Munro, "Royal Beatings" and "Wild Swans" Exercise 1.5 The Wachowskis, The Matrix Chapter 2 Structuralism, Linguistics, Narratology An Introduction to Structuralism, Linguistics, Narratology Exercise 2.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 2.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Map" Exercise 2.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 2.4 Alice Munro, "The Progress of Love" Exercise 2.5 John Ford, The Searchers Chapter 3 Phenomenology, Reception, Ethics An Introduction to Phenomenology, Reception, Ethics Exercise 3.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 3.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Fish" Exercise 3.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 3.4 Alice Munro, "Material" Exercise 3.5 Paul Gilroy, Michael Clayton Chapter 4 Post-Structuralism An Introduction to Post-Structuralism Exercise 4.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 4.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance" Exercise 4.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 4.4 Alice Munro, "Differently" Exercise 4.5 Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds and Tom Tykwer, Run, Lola, Run Chapter 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychology An Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Psychology Exercise 5.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 5.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Village" and "Sestina" Exercise 5.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 5.4 Alice Munro, "Meneseteung" Exercise 5.5 David Lynch, Blue Velvet Chapter 6 Marxism and Critical Theory An Introduction to Marxism and Critical Theory Exercise 6.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 6.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "A Miracle for Breakfast" Exercise 6.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 6.4 Alice Munro, "Hired Girl" and "The Beggar Maid" Exercise 6.5 Mike Nichols, Working Girl and Stanley Kubrick, The Shining Chapter 7 History An Introduction to Historical Criticism Exercise7.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 7.2 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Exercise 7.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 7.4 Alice Munro, "Walker Brothers Cowboy" Exercise 7.5 Elizabeth Bishop, "Twelve O'Clock News" Exercise 7.6 Luis Puenzo, The Official Story and Susana Blaustein Munoz and Lourdes Portillo, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo Chapter 8 Gender Studies An Introduction to Gender Studies Exercise 8.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 8.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "Roosters," "In the Waiting Room," and "Exchanging Hats" Exercise 8.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 8.4 Alice Munro, "The Love of a Good Woman" and "Lichen" Exercise 8.5 Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs and Jenny Livingstone, Paris Is Burning Chapter 9 Ethnic Studies An Introduction to Ethnic Studies Exercise 9.1 Elizabeth Bishop, "Faustina, or Rock Roses" Exercise 9.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 9.3 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye Exercise 9.4 NWA, "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate" Exercise 9.5 Joel Schumacher, Falling Down and Mathieu Kassovitz, Hate Chapter 10 Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Transnational Studies An Introduction to Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Transnational Studies Exercise 10.1 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Exercise 10.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "Brazil, January 1, 1502" and "The Burglar of Babylon" Exercise 10.3 Alice Munro, "The Wilderness Station" Exercise 10.4 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye Exercise 10.5 Kieran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss Exercise 10.6 Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine Exercise 10.7 Djbril Diop Mambety, Hyenas and Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now Chapter 11 Cognition, Emotion, Evolution, Science An Introduction to Cognition, Emotion, Evolution, Science Exercise 11.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear Exercise 11.2 Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room," "Crusoe in England," and "One Art" Exercise 11.3 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Exercise 11.4 Alice Munro, "Fits" Exercise 11.5 Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love Chapter 12 Animals, Humans, Places, Things An Introduction to Animals, Humans, Places, Things 12.1 William Shakespeare, King Lear 12.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 12.3 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Fish" and "Pink Dog" 12.4 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein 12.5 Alice Munro, "Runaway" and "Vandals" 12.6 Agnes Varda, Vagabond Appendix Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Village" Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911137834603321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2017 | ||
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