Theory Matters
Subtitle: The Place of Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies Today
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jul 09, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781137474278
Description: This book demonstrates that theory in literary and cultural studies has moved beyond overarching master theories towards a greater awareness of particularity and contingency ℓ́ℓ including its own. What is the place of literary and cultural theory after the Age of Theory has ended? Grouping its chapters into rubrics of metatheory, cultural theory, critical theory and textual theory, the collection demonstrates that the practice of ℓ́ℓdoing theoryℓ́ℓ has neither lost its vitality nor can it be in any way dispensable. Current directions covered include the renewed interest in phenomenology, the increased acknowledgement of the importance of media history for all cultural practices and formations, complexity studies, new narratology, literary ethics, cultural ecology, and an intensified interest in textual as well as cultural matter.
Notes: Source title: Theory Matters: The Place of Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies Today