Ann Jefferson
Auteur de Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Ann Jefferson
Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction (1982) — Directeur de publication — 60 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Jefferson, Ann Margaret
- Date de naissance
- 1949-11-03
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Études
- Wolfson College, Oxford (Ph.D., Philosophie, 19 76)
St Anne's College, Oxford, Royaume-Uni (BA, 19 71, MA) - Relations
- Holland, Michael (Epoux, 20 11 | )
Glees, Anthony (Ex-époux, 19 71 | 19 92) - Organisations
- Universtié d'Oxford (Chargée de cours, Français, 19 87, Professeur, Littérature française, 20 06 | 20 15
New College, Oxford (Tutor, Français, 1987 | 20 15)
St John's College, à Oxford (Chercheur junior, 19 78 | Maître de conférences, 19 82 | 19 87)
Université Columbia, Etats-Unis (Professeur invité, 20 06
Université de la Sorbonne (Professeur invité, 20 08)
Institut d'études avancées, Paris (Membre, 20 16) (tout afficher 7)
British Academy (Membre, 20 04 - Prix et distinctions
- Commandeur de l' Ordre des Palmes Académiques (2012)
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 105
- Popularité
- #183,191
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 34
- Langues
- 3
Reading Realism in Stendhal taught me to be skeptical of such conventions in order to see the more radical and experimental aspects of what Stendhal was doing in his supposedly "flat" texts. Jefferson masterfully deploys the theories of Roland Barthes, in particular, to show the different codes at work in Stendhal's major works, in much the same way that Barthes himself does with Stendhal's contemporary, Honoré de Balzac.
I realize that it doesn't help that Jefferson's book has a plain and unpromisingly literal title, that its horrible orange cover makes it seem like a dull academic tome, that it focuses on a writer who is sorely underappreciated in the English-speaking world, and that its rarity and price can put it out of reach of all but the most enterprising reader (although a reissue of the book by Cambridge University Press in 2008 has helped). Nonetheless, reading Stendhal's remarkable works and having them illuminated by Jefferson's dexterous analysis has been one of the most important and pleasures intellectual adventures of my life.… (plus d'informations)