How to do theory
By: Wolfgang Iser.
Series: How to study literature
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781405115797; 9781405115803
Subjects: Literature -- Philosophy.; Criticism.; Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Description: "Using classic literary texts, including Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender, and T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Iser shows what a work of art looks like if viewed in terms of each of the theories concerned. He presents the different theories objectively, leaving it up to readers to decide which, if any, they subscribe to. In this way, he defuses students' fear of theory and demonstrates the potential of different theories for interpreting texts."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.