Title: Literary theory : a very short introduction /
Authors: Culler, Jonathan D.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Criticism; Literature History and criticism Theory, etc.
Abstract: Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics.
Contents: What is theory? -- What is literature and does it matter? -- Literature and cultural studies -- Language, meaning, and interpretation -- Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry -- Narrative -- Performative language -- Identity, identification, and the subject -- Ethics and aesthetics -- Appendix : Theoretical schools and movements.