Title: Modernism and its discontents
First published: 1995
Description: Literary theory of the twentieth century in the Anglo-American tradition forms a coherent whole, dividing into discrete clusters. This theory is riddled with purely logical problems inherent in its enterprise, resulting from the fact that Modernist theory develops as an offshoot of Romanticism. Such fundamental flaws, or discontents, afflict all Modernist theory, from Russian Formalism through Structuralism and Deconstruction.

The problems of Modernist theory cannot be solved; at most we can resolve to take theory in a new direction.
Subjects: Aesthetics, Modern, Criticism, Modern Aesthetics, Modernism (Literature), Postmodernism (Literature), Aesthetics, modern, 20th century
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: BH201 .F57 1995