Speller, John R. W.,

Bourdieu and Literature. / John R.W. Speller. - Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2011. - 1 online resource (203 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.

1. Positions. The field of reception -- The field of production -- Lévi-Strauss and structuralism -- The death of intellectuals -- Post-structuralism -- the composition of Les Règles de l'art -- Methods. Epistemological preliminaries -- The author's point of view -- The field of power -- The literary field -- Habitus and trajectory -- The space of possibilities -- World literary space -- reflexivity and reading -- Autonomy. The evolution of the literary field -- Art and money -- Zola and the Dreyfus affair -- Reversals -- Autonomy and value -- Science and Literature. L'Éducation sentimentale -- 'Le démontage impie de la fiction' -- Cross-overs -- Fiction and realism -- Literature and Cultural Politics. The production of the dominant ideology -- 'La Pensée Tietmeyer' -- On aesthetics and ideology -- A politics of form -- For a collective intellectual -- Literature and Cultural Policy. Reproduction and distinction -- Proposals for the future of education -- Between the state and the free market -- For a corporatism of the universal -- Conclusion -- References -- Works by Pierre Bourdieu -- Secondary sources -- Collectively or anonymously authored works. Appendix: 2. Appendix: 3. 4. 5. 6.

This is a wide-ranging, rigorous and accessible introduction to the relationship between Pierre Bourdieus work and literary studies. It provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of his contributions to literary theory and his thinking about authors and literary works.


English.

9781906924447 1906924449 9781783740055 1783740051 9781783740062 178374006X 2821817061 9782821817067


Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.
Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.


Literature and society--France.
Sociologists--France.
French.
Indo-European languages.
Literary theory.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
Romance, Italic and Rhaeto-Romanic languages.
Social theory.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Sociology.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Semiotics & Theory.
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Critical Theory.
Sociologists.
Literature and society.
Literature--Philosophy.
Sociologues--France.
Littérature et société--France.


France.

sociology. structuralism. reception. post-structuralism. literary theory. cultural theory. french literature. science and literature. pierre bourdieu.


Electronic books.

HM479.B68