SUBJECT AREA: PN - LITERARY HISTORY
Purpose: To support work in literature communication, and cinema. This area includes works on literature and culture, including journalism, cinema and television. It supports work in general literary theory as well as criticism in all genres (poetry, drama, novel, short story, etc.) in all languages. It is of interest as well to those who are concerned with issues and trends in the media. It supports work in most humanities fields as well as many of the social sciences.
Existing Collection Strength: Most of the collection is at level (3) Selective, with particular strength in the reference collection. The media (press, television) is at the Representative (2) level, while the collections on cinema are approach level (3).
Current Collecting Intensity: Continuing emphasis on media and communications issues to bring this to level (3) selective. Also, there will be continued emphasis on material in the major trends in recent developments in literary theory, and on building in the area of cinema.
Geographic Focus: Worldwide, but with an emphasis on North America in the field of communications.
Chronological Focus: All periods, but with the major focus on the 20th century.
Access to Journal Articles:
Titles purchased 2000-2001: 476 (materials)
Serial subscriptions 2000-2001: 67 (serials)
Date: May 2001
Selector Responsible: Margaret Fancy