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ERIC Number: EJ445978
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Debate among Historians Signals Waning Influence of "Discourse Theory" Outside Literary Studies.
Winkler, Karen J.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v38 n33 pA6-7,10 Apr 22 1992
Literary "discourse theories," increasingly applied to history and society in recent years, are losing favor among conservative and liberal scholars as focusing too narrowly on the role of language. These poststructuralist theories hold that language and knowledge are slippery, that words and cultural texts rarely mean what they appear to. (MSE)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, History, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Role, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Sociology, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Poststructuralism