Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 318 S.)
ISBN:
9781474473637
Content:
Introducing Literary Theories is an ideal introduction for those coming to literary theory for the first time.
Content:
It provides an accessible introduction to the major theoretical approaches in chapters covering: Bakhtinian Criticism, Structuralism, Feminist Theory, Marxist Literary Theories, Reader-Response Theories, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Deconstruction, Poststructuralism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Postcolonial Theory, Gay Studies/ Queer Theories, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism.A table of contents arranged by theoretical method and a second arranged by key texts offer the reader alternative pathways through the volume and a general introduction, which traces the history and importance of literary theory, complete the introductory material.In each of the following chapters, the authors provide a clear presentation of the theory in question and notes towards a reading of a key text to help the student understand both the methodology and the practice of literary theory. The texts used for illustration include: In Memoriam A. H.
Content:
H., Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, Paradise Lost, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Prospero's Books, The Swimming Pool Library and The Tempest.
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Introducing literary theories Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-7486-1483-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781474473637
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