Subjective Criticism - Softcover

Bleich, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421434946 ISBN 13: 9781421434940

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Originally published in 1981. The meaning and objectives of literature, argues David Bleich, are created by the reader, who depends on community consensus to validate his or her judgements. Bleich proposes that the study of English be consciously reoriented from a knowledge-finding to a knowledge-making enterprise. This involves a new explanation of language acquisition in childhood, a psychologically disciplined concept of linguistic and literary response, and a recognition of the intellectual authority of pedagogical communities to originate and establish knowledge. Amplifying his theoretical model with subjective responses drawn from his own classroom experience, Bleich suggests ways in which the study of language and literature can become more fully integrated with each person's responsibility for what he or she knows.

About this title

About the Author:

David Bleich is a professor of English at New York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1421434946
• ISBN 13: 9781421434940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318