Features of 20Th and 21St Centuries English Literature

Description

The book methodically charts the development of the English novel from its ascent to the top scholastic class in the middle of the 20th Century to its place as unpredictable greatness in the middle of the 21st Century under new media conditions. Particular sections include topics such "The English Novel as a Distinctly Modern Genre," "The Novel in the Economy," "Genres," "Gender" (performativity, masculinities, woman's rights, eccentricity), and "The Burden of Representation" (class and ethnicity). The methodical approach is supplemented by broadened contextualized close readings of more than 20 significant works, ranging from Tom McCarthy's Satin Island (2015) to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899), which provide reviews of archival and speculative points of view and enliven future research. The emphasis on insightful conversation has shifted to theoretical reflection and social contexts due to growing specialization within the English and American Studies teaching fields. Although these advances have benefited the train in numerous ways, they have led to a particular contempt for close reading. Because of this, students and researchers motivated by this information are forced to turn to research from 1970s, most based on out-of-date ideologies and methods. This gap is intended to be filled by the guidebook, which offers fresh interpretations of works that indisputably appear in writing classrooms and in academic discussions, ranging from James' The Ambassadors to McCarthy's The Road.