A thoroughly revised edition of this successful undergraduate introduction to literary theory, this text includes core pieces by leading theorists from Russian Formalists to Postmodernist and Post-colonial critics. An ideal teaching resource, with helpful introductory notes to each chapter.
Twentieth-Century Literary Theory: A Reader
โ Scribed by K. M. Newton (eds.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 279
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages 1-10
Introduction....Pages 11-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Russian Formalism and Prague Structuralism....Pages 21-38
The New Criticism....Pages 39-56
Chicago Aristotelianism....Pages 57-64
Leavisite Criticism....Pages 65-73
Phenomenological Criticism....Pages 74-84
Marxist Criticism....Pages 85-97
Archetypal Criticism....Pages 98-102
Hermeneutics....Pages 103-117
Linguistic Criticism....Pages 118-130
French Structuralism....Pages 131-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Post-Structuralism....Pages 147-170
Semiotics....Pages 171-191
Negative Hermeneutics....Pages 192-202
Psychoanalytic Criticism....Pages 203-218
Reception Theory and Reader-Response Criticism....Pages 219-240
Post-Althusserian Marxism....Pages 241-262
Feminist Criticism....Pages 263-277
Back Matter....Pages 278-282
โฆ Subjects
Literary Theory
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