Wayne C. Booth (1921–2005)
Autor de Cómo Convertirse En Un Hábil Investigador [001.4 / BOO]
Sobre El Autor
A graduate student at the University of Chicago in the late 1940s, when the English Department was dominated by members of the Chicago School of criticism, Wayne Booth returned to his alma mater in the early 1960s and became an exponent of its critical methodology. The Chicago Critics were mostrar más influenced by the formalistic, rhetorical analysis of the Poetics of Aristotle, which was concerned with the principles of literary construction and literary esthetics. Unlike the New Critics, who shared their interest in formalist analysis of texts, the Chicago Critics emphasized the importance of knowledge about the author and his or her historical context. They considered the New Criticism, which had developed at about the same time, too restrictive in its bracketing of that information as external to the text and therefore incidental to understanding and evaluating it. The first generation of Chicago School critics, who were Booth's teachers, did not have much impact beyond the university itself. Booth, however, continued to advocate pluralism. Critical Understanding: The Powers and Limits of Pluralism Critical Understanding: (1979) helped revitalize and popularize Chicago School principles. Booth is associated with two other movements in contemporary literary theory: reader-response criticism and narratology. The former includes a heterogeneous group of reader-oriented rather than text-oriented methodologies. The latter is usually seen as a type of structuralist or proto-structuralist literary study, since it focuses on the function and the grammar, or structure, of narrative. Linked with both is Booth's Rhetoric of Fiction (1962), which concentrates on the analysis of point of view and how writers manipulate it so that readers accept the values of the implied author of a text's narration. Booth's work has increasingly emphasized reading, ethics, and the rhetoric of persuasion-a concern already implicit in this early book. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Wayne C. Booth
The Jordan Lectures, 1998-1999 1 copia
Ironinin Retorigi 1 copia
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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 33, Number 1 (Spring 2000) (2000) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Booth, Wayne C.
- Nombre legal
- Booth, Wayne Clayson
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1921-02-22
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2005-10-10
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- American Fork, Utah, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- American Fork, Utah, USA
Richmond, Indiana, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA - Educación
- University of Chicago (PhD|English|1950)
University of Chicago (AM|1947)
Brigham Young University (AB|1944) - Ocupaciones
- literary critic
rhetorician
emeritus professor - Relaciones
- Booth, Phyllis (wife)
- Organizaciones
- University of Chicago
Modern Language Association
American Association of University Professors
U.S. Army
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Haverford College (mostrar todos 7)
Earlham College - Premios y honores
- Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English, University of Chicago
Christian Gauss Prize (1962)
David H. Russell Prize (1966)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1972)
American Philosophical Society (1992)
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- Miembros
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- Popularidad
- #4,533
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 39
- ISBNs
- 79
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
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All authors were or are professors of English, so this book has a natural leaning towards the humanities. Nonetheless, it attempts to address all facets of the academic enterprise. Because the authors are involved with language, it communicates cognitive nuances that might be missed by experts in a field. Its wording is eloquent, and organization, tight.
Like most academic works, this book heavily relies on concepts and classical works, yet it also uses relatable, conversational English to convey its message. It walks readers through steps including why to identify as a researcher, how to pursue the process, how to think carefully, and how to communicate findings. As easily imaginable, the authors do a superb job of enhancing readers’ personal writing style in the last chapter.
We live in an information age where thinking about the world has become the most important skill. Ironically, some question the value of an education even in an information-rich environment. If information is freely available, they ask, what do universities have to offer? This book offers a forthright answer. A college education and research training offer students the ability to think and process the world constructively. Especially suited for later later undergraduates and early graduate students, this book shines a clear path forward for individual careers and ultimately society’s advance.… (más)