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ENGL 1020: Library Resources

What is Literary Criticism?

Literary criticism is much more than a book report! It involves the study, evaluation, and interpretation of a written work, and may require you to draw a conclusion about the meaning of a story. Knowing about the author's life and the historical context in which a piece was written can help, as well as reading interpretations already written by other literary scholars. You should then support your conclusion using background material, and be sure to include your interpretation of relevant passages from the original work.

Recommended Databases

Selections from the Collection

The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond

In her follow-up to The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, Lana A. Whited has compiled a new collection of essays analyzing the books, films, and other media by J. K. Rowling.

Not All Supermen

An eye-opening exploration of the toxic masculinity and sexism that pervades the superhero genre. Superheroes have been exciting and inspirational cultural icons for decades, dating back to the debut of Superman in the 1930s. The earliest tales have been held up as cornerstones of the genre, looked upon with nostalgic reverence. However, enshrining these tales also enshrines many outdated values that have allowed sexist gender dynamics to thrive.

LGBTQ+ Literature in the West

A survey, within one volume, of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present day, this book explores changes in attitudes, literature and criticism over a period of two and a half thousand years.

Madness, Language, Literature

Newly published lectures by Foucault on madness, literature, and structuralism.   Perceiving an enigmatic relationship between madness, language, and literature, French philosopher Michel Foucault developed ideas during the 1960s that are less explicit in his later,

Containing Childhood

The spaces children occupy, both physically and imaginatively, are never neutral. Instead, they carry social, cultural, and political histories that impose-or attempt to impose-behavioral expectations. Moreover, the spaces identified with childhood reflect and reveal adult expectations of where children "belong."

A history of feminist literary criticism

Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature, fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism, leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present.

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Journal Locator

While you can do a Google Search to find the websites of specific publications, you may come across paywalls or have limited access to that publication's content.

Use the Journal Locator to find out if we have access to a particular publication and how to access it in our catalog. Search by the title of the publication.

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