| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Series |
The Basics |
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Basics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Literary Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Reading for meaning: practical criticism and New Criticism; 2 Reading for form I: formalism and early structuralism, 1914-60; 3 Reading for form II: French structuralism, 1950-75; 4 Political reading: class, gender, and race in the 1970s and 1980s; 5 The poststructuralist revolution: Derrida and deconstruction; 6 Poststructuralism continued: Foucault, Lacan, French feminism, and postmodernism; 7 Literature and culture: cultural studies, the new historicism, and cultural materialism |
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8 Postcolonial criticism and theory9 Sexuality, literature, and culture; 10 Posthumanism, ecocriticism, and animal studies; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This third edition of Hans Bertens' bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including:reception theory and reader response theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe 'after theory' debatepost-humanism, biopolitics and animal studiesaestheticsLiterary Theory: The Basics helps r |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criticism -- History -- 20th century
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Criticism
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Literature -- Theory, etc.
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Literaturtheorie
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135052980 |
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1135052980 |
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