An Introduction to Literary Studies, 3rd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Dedication
6. Table of Contents
7. Preliminary remarks
8. Preface to the third edition
9. Acknowledgements
10. 1 What is literature? What is a text?
    1. Genre, text type, and discourse
    2. Primary and secondary sources
11. 2 Major genres in literary studies
    1. Fiction
    2. Poetry
    3. Drama
    4. Film
12. 3 Periods of literature
13. 4 Theoretical approaches to literature
    1. Text-oriented approaches
    2. Author-oriented approaches
    3. Reader-oriented approaches
    4. Context-oriented approaches
    5. Literary critique or evaluation
    6. Film theory
14. 5 Where and how to find secondary literature
15. 6 How to write a research paper
16. 7 Suggestions for further reading
    1. General literary terminology
    2. Authors and works
    3. Literary theory
    4. Genres
    5. Literary history
    6. How to write a research paper
17. 8 Glossary of literary and cinematographic terms
18. References
19. Author and title index
20. Subject index