Rita Felski
The Limits of Critique
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226294032
- author:
- Rita Felski
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 236
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 2.3 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry, Drama & Criticism, History & Criticism, Literary Theory & Movements
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Critique has long dominated academic criticism, but Rita Felski argues that its more troubling qualities are often overlooked. In this book, she exposes critique's seductions and limitations, proposing an alternative approach to literary studies. Felski contends that critique is not just a method, but also a sensibility - one that can be captured by the phrase "the hermeneutics of suspicion". This characteristic affect helps us understand critique's impact, but also its limitations. Felski suggests that literary scholars should move beyond suspicious reading and instead place themselves in front of a text, reflecting on what it calls forth and makes possible. By rethinking reading as a co-production between actors, Felski enlists the work of Bruno Latour to rethink the way we engage with literature. This approach offers a fresh perspective on literary studies, one that prioritises understanding and interpretation over critique and analysis.
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