Literary Theory category: 45240 books
by Mary Klages
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Have you heard the terms structuralism and deconstruction and postmodernism but aren’t really sure what they mean? Have you taken a whole course on literary criticism but are still feeling lost? Here’s the book you need to sort it all out—and enjoy doing so!
In Literary Theory...
by Tobin Anthony Siebers
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
"Disability Theory is just the book we've been waiting for. Clear, cogent, compelling analyses of the tension between the 'social model' of disability and the material details of impairment; of identity politics and unstable identities; of capability rights and human interdependence; of disability...
Socialist Literature
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Socialist Literature studies the relationship between the development of socialist literary theory and the process of cultural transformation in modern society by tracing the outline of the theory in the works of Marx, Lenin, and Mao, and examining its reflection in actual works of literature. This...
The One vs. the Many
Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative...
Intentions
Negotiated, Contested, and Ignored
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1998
The relationship between an author's and an audience's intentions is complex but need not preclude mutual engagement. This philosophical investigation challenges existing literary and rhetorical perspectives on intention and offers a new framework for understanding the negotiation of meaning. It describes...
by James Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both...
by Judith Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Novels began to incorporate literary theory in unexpected ways in the late twentieth century. Through allusion, parody, or implicit critique, theory formed an additional strand in fiction that raised questions about the nature of authorship and the practice of writing. Studying this phenomenon provides...
The Literary Theory Toolkit
A Compendium of Concepts and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
The Literary Theory Toolkit offers readers a rich compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context.
Includes varied examples drawn from readily available literary texts spanning all periods and genres
Features a chapter on...
by Henry Louis Gates
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 1988
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient...
Theory's Empire
An Anthology of Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2005
Not too long ago, literary theorists were writing about the death of the novel and the death of the author; today many are talking about the death of Theory. Theory, as the many theoretical ism's (among them postcolonialism, postmodernism, and New Historicism) are now known, once seemed so exciting...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
As a concept, 'trauma' has attracted a great deal of interest in literary studies. A key term in psychoanalytic approaches to literary study, trauma theory represents a critical approach that enables new modes of reading and of listening. It is a leading concept of our time, applicable to individuals,...
Seven Essays
Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
In Seven Essays: Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film, Abdulla Al-Dabbagh’s unique approach to literary and cultural issues succeeds in casting new light on these subjects, revealing innovative fields of research and investigation. Expressed in his usual lucid and eloquent style, this collection...
Medieval Theory of Authorship
Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
It has often been held that scholasticism destroyed the literary theory that was emerging during the twelfth-century Renaissance, and hence discussion of late medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory. In Medieval Theory of Authorship, now...
Rethinking Metonymy
Literary Theory and Poetic Practice from Pindar to Jakobson
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Although metonymy has long been recognized as being a central device in poetic language, it has received little critical attention in its own right. Not only has this created a gap in literary analytical scholarship which needs to be addressed, but it has also allowed for problematic appropriations...