Theory Into Poetry: New Approaches to the LyricEva Müller-Zettelmann, Margarete Rubik At the beginning of the 21st century, there is still no generally accepted comprehensive definition of the lyric or differentiated modern toolkit for its analysis. The reception of poetry is largely characterised either by an empathetic identification of critics with the lyric persona or by exclusive interest in formal patterning. The present volume seeks to remedy this deficit. All the contributors 'theorise' the lyric to overcome the impasse of an impressionistic and narrowly formalistic critical debate on the genre. Their papers focus on a variety of different questions: the problem of establishing a framework for definition and classification; the search for dynamic and potent critical approaches; investigations of poetry's cultural performance and its fundamental relevance for the construction of group cohesion. The essays collected in this volume offer a consciously polyphonic range of theories and interpretations, suggesting to the reader a variety of theoretical frameworks and practical illustrations of how a discussion of poetry may be firmly grounded in modern literary theory. |
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... story/discourse distinction is effective in po- etry as well as in prose fiction and highlights the various functions which narrativity can assume in lyrics. His model of plot description draws on cognitive psychology and linguis- tics ...
... story/discourse distinction is effective in po- etry as well as in prose fiction and highlights the various functions which narrativity can assume in lyrics. His model of plot description draws on cognitive psychology and linguis- tics ...
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... story . Generally , brevity is a highly relative and hence problematic criterion ( cf. Lamping 87 ) since there is no way of indicating any precise border between ' long ' and ' short'14 . - 15 3. A third alleged trait of the lyric ...
... story . Generally , brevity is a highly relative and hence problematic criterion ( cf. Lamping 87 ) since there is no way of indicating any precise border between ' long ' and ' short'14 . - 15 3. A third alleged trait of the lyric ...
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... story - centred as narrative fiction23 . As for the alleged monologicity , if taken in a verbatim ( not necessarily Bakhtinian ) sense , it is easy to show that many poems contain dialogues that sometimes , as in Pope's Pastoral defy ...
... story - centred as narrative fiction23 . As for the alleged monologicity , if taken in a verbatim ( not necessarily Bakhtinian ) sense , it is easy to show that many poems contain dialogues that sometimes , as in Pope's Pastoral defy ...
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... story but ' the thing itself ' : the unfolding of speech or streams of consciousness in the present . This leads to the seventh alleged trait of poetry : 7. the emphasis on the individual perspective and / or the perception of the lyric ...
... story but ' the thing itself ' : the unfolding of speech or streams of consciousness in the present . This leads to the seventh alleged trait of poetry : 7. the emphasis on the individual perspective and / or the perception of the lyric ...
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... story “ Kew Gardens ” ) the impression prevails that ' nothing really happens ' ; and on the other hand there are poetic genres such as the ballad or the fable which can certainly not be said to lack ei- ther external action or ...
... story “ Kew Gardens ” ) the impression prevails that ' nothing really happens ' ; and on the other hand there are poetic genres such as the ballad or the fable which can certainly not be said to lack ei- ther external action or ...
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