Literary Theory
Series: The Basics; The Basics
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780203446447
Subjects: Criticism; History; Literature; Theory; History and criticism
Description: Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, this text is an easy to follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Literary TheoryThe Basics; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1Reading for meaning: practical criticism and new criticism; Chapter 2Reading for form I: formalism and early structuralism, 1914-1960; Chapter 3Reading for form Ii: French structuralism, 1950-1975; Chapter 4Political reading: the 1970s and 1980s; Chapter 5The poststucturalist revolution: Derrida, deconstruction, and postmodernism; Chapter 6Poststructuralism continued: Foucault, Lacan, and French feminism; Chapter 7Literature and culture: the new historicism and cultural materialism.; title: Chapter 8Postcolonial criticism and theoryChapter 9Sexuality, literature, and culture; Bibliography; Index.