Mary Klages

Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This Guide for the Perplexed provides an advanced introduction to literary theory from basic information and orientation for the uninformed leading on to more sophisticated readings. It engages directly with the difficulty many students find intimidating, asking 'What is ''Literary Theory''?' and offering a clear, concise, accessible guide to the major theories and theorists, including: humanism; structuralism; poststructuralism; psychoanalytic approaches; feminist approaches; queer theory; ideology and discourse; new historicism; race and postcolonialism; postmodernism. The final chapter points to new directions in literary and cultural theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441167811
• Artikelnr.: 40779838

Autorenporträt

Mary Klages is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is "Literary Theory?"
2. Humanist Literary Theory 
3. Structuralism
Interlude: Humanism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism
4. Deconstruction
5. Psychoanalyses
Interlude: 'Self' to 'Subject'
6. Feminisms
7. Queer Theory
Interlude: History to Historicism
8. Ideology and Discourse
9. Race and Postcolonialist Theories
10. Postmodernism
Coda - 'Now what?'
Bibliography
Index