Theory Now: Films, Television, and Ralph Cohen's Method - Softcover

Tomarken, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1838185909 ISBN 13: 9781838185909

Publisher: Alpert Books, 2020

Synopsis

Ralph Cohen founded New Literary History in 1969 and remained its editor until 2012, when it was widely seen as one of the major journals of literary theory. Cohen's generic method can help us understand many forms of artistic endeavour, from poetry and fiction to films and television series. In Theory Now, Edward Tomarken, a former student of Ralph Cohen, presents the rudiments of Cohen's method by using popular movies and television programmes to illustrate and explain theory essays of the past twenty years. Avoiding the jargon associated with the discipline, Tomarken uses the language of the general reader. The present book is intended both for undergraduates and for anyone interested in film and television. It combines close analysis of the chosen artistic works with a lifetime's experience of the innovative and ground-breaking insights of Ralph Cohen. The final aim of the study is to show that literary and artistic knowledge is not different from any other form of knowledge and that therefore aesthetic comprehension applies to all aspects of human culture.

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About the Author

Edward L. Tomarken is an emeritus Professor of English at Miami University, of Ohio, USA and an Honorary Research Fellow at Kent University, Canterbury.. He is the author of nine books, including studies of Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, and literary theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpert Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838185909
• ISBN 13: 9781838185909
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182