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R. V. Young

Auteur van A Student's Guide to Literature

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R. V. Young is professor of English emeritus at North Carolina State University.

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This book is, among other things, an intelligent exposition of the parallels between Anglican poetry and the mystics of the Counter-Reformation in Spain; it doesn't force either to conform to the other, but helps the poetry speak with a stature which is theologically literate and spiritually mature.
 
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readawayjay | Feb 11, 2011 |
In this book English professor R. V. Young examines the current state of literary criticism in academia. He principally talks about postmodernism and deconstructionism, explaining why (in his view) these theories are logically inconsistent and ultimately incorrect about the interpretation of literature. By contrast, Young argues that works of literature have intrinsic meaning and value, that this meaning can be conveyed from authors to readers, and that there are objective standards for evaluating what constitutes “great” literature.

This book will probably only be interesting to those who have studied literature in an academic environment and who are familiar with the people and terms to which Young refers. I was vaguely familiar with such names as Foucault and Derrida, but I had never heard of several other deconstructionists such as Paul de Man. Young quotes at length from these critics, and some of the passages went over my head. However, I thought Young’s argument was in general very persuasive, and I was especially interested to see how he related literary criticism to political theory and current events. He’s pretty direct about his own point of view and doesn’t mind arguing forcefully with the other side, so some people might find this book offensive. I personally enjoyed it, but a postmodernist probably wouldn’t be convinced by the argument.
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