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Fields and fragments : Bourdieu, Pascal and the teachings of literature

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Ahearne, Jeremy (2012) Fields and fragments : Bourdieu, Pascal and the teachings of literature. Paragraph, Vol.35 (No.1). pp. 97-114. doi:10.3366/para.2012.0044

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Abstract

Literary pedagogy occupied a privileged place in Bourdieu's early work on education insofar as he saw it as exemplifying in unconscious mode socially segregational dynamics. Bourdieu's expressly ‘reductionist’ critique was uncannily mirrored, however, by the spread of more economically instrumental approaches to education. Bourdieu's engagement with these led him to develop a fuller apprehension of literature. Yet while the conceptual apparatus he developed can allow the genesis of a literary work in its socio-historical complexity to be grasped more fully, its framing poses significant problems of its own. In particular, its ‘hypercontextualizing’ injunctions risk stifling ordinary reading practices and the practical pedagogy of canon-formation. Bourdieu's actual practice with literary materials is not bound by these injunctions. His transepochal ‘collaboration’ with Blaise Pascal, for example, takes place through the insinuation of decontextualised shards of thought into his own writing. The teachings of literature exceed in various ways their scientific framing.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002 -- Criticism and interpretation, Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662 -- Criticism and interpretation, Literature -- Study and teaching
Journal or Publication Title: Paragraph
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISSN: 0264-8334
Official Date: 2012
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2012Published
Volume: Vol.35
Number: No.1
Number of Pages: 18
Page Range: pp. 97-114
DOI: 10.3366/para.2012.0044
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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