Overview
The English Studies Handbook is a combination of critical dictionary, anthology, workbook and study guide. It is designed primarily for students studying English Language and/or Literature at colleges and universities. Inter-disciplinary in approach and highly flexible in its range of applications, it provides students and teachers with a text adaptable enough to support learning and teaching the whole range of introductory courses in English language, literature and culture.
Features:
• contains 100 common critical, theoretical and linguistic terms
• each entry is extensively cross-referenced, and includes a definition, critical historical application, activities, cues for discussion and notes for further reading
• includes numerous examples from a wide range of texts: contemporary and classic, literary and otherwise. Each extract is contextualised and cross-referenced to items in the body of the book
• introduces the historical, geographical, cultural and social complexities of 'English' and explores its study as a college and university subject
• introduces the major theoretical positions and provides practical approaches to the subject
• contains maps and a linguistic, literary and cultural chronology of 'Englishes'
Benefits:
• has a flexible structure suitable for a variety of courses and classroom contexts
• introduces students to a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
• can be used as a classroom text or as an aid to independent study
• provides an overview of current materials and strategies for teaching and learning.