Literary theory
Subtitle: the basics
By: Hans Bertens
Edition: Third edition.
Series: The Basics; Basics (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780415538060; 9780415538077
Subjects: Criticism; History; Literature; Theory; History and criticism
Description: This third edition of Hans Bertens' bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including: reception theory and reader response theory the new criticism of postmodernism the 'after theory' debate post-humanism, biopolitics and animal studies aesthetics Literary Theory: The Basics helps readers to approach the many theories and debates in this field with confidence. Now with updated case studies and further reading this is an essential purchase for anyone who strives to understand literary theory today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Reading for meaning: practical criticism and new criticism; title: 2. Reading for form I: Formalism and early structuralism, 1914-60; title: 3. Reading for form II: French structuralism, 1950-75; title: 4. Political reading: the 1970s and 1980s; title: 5. Poststructuralist revolution: Derrida, deconstruction, and postmodernism; title: 6. Poststructuralism continued: Foucault, Lacan, and French feminism; title: 7. Literature and culture: the new historicism and cultural materialism; title: 8. Postcolonial criticism and theory; title: 9. Sexuality, literature, and culture; title: 10. Posthumanism, ecocriticism and animal studies.