A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
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2005
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5th edition
Longman (Verlag)
978-0-582-89410-5 (ISBN)
Longman (Verlag)
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Provides an introduction to the field of modern literary theory. Students are introduced to New Criticism, Reader-Response Theory, Marxist Criticism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Modernism and Feminism, as well as to Cultural Materialism and New Historicism, Postcolonialism and Gay, Lesbian and Queer Theory.
Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literacy theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful bibliographies of further reading.
Literature students will find its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessible.
Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literacy theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful bibliographies of further reading.
Literature students will find its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessible.
Peter Widdowson is Professor of Literature at the University of Gloucester. Peter Brooker is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at University College, Northampton.
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Introduction
1. New Criticism, moral formalism and F. R. Leavis
2. Russian formalism and the Bakhtin school
3. Reader-oriented theories
4. Structuralist theories
5. Marxist theories
6. Feminist theories
7. Poststructuralist theories
8. Postmodernist theories
9. Postcolonialist theories
10. Gay, lesbian and queer theories
Conclusion: Post-Theory
Appendix 1: Recommended glossaries of theoretical and critical terms and concepts
Appendix 2: Literary, critical and cultural theory journals
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.4.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 16 x 156 mm |
| Gewicht | 472 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-582-89410-7 / 0582894107 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-582-89410-5 / 9780582894105 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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