Critical Theory and Practice: A Coursebook

ISBN-13: 9780415114387 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 336 str.

Keith Green; Jill Le Bihan

Opis

This text combines of survey, reader and workbook which is suitable for the beginning student of literary theory. The work is divided into seven chapters, each of which contains guiding commentary, examples from literary and critical works, and a variety of exercises. Each chapter includes a glossary and annotated selection of suggested further reading, and there is also a full bibliography. The authors cover the key issues and debates of literary theory, including: language, linguistics and literature; structures of literature; literature and history; subjectivity, psychoanalysis and criticism; reading, writing and reception; women, literature and criticism; and literature, criticism and cultural identity.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Language, linguistics and literature; Chapter 2 Structures of literature; Chapter 3 Literature and history; Chapter 4 Subjectivity, psychoanalysis and criticism; Chapter 5 Reading, writing and reception; Chapter 6 Feminism, literature and criticism; Chapter 7 Cultural identity, literature, criticism;

O autorze

Keith Green is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. He has published articles on a variety of linguistic and literary topics.,
Jill LeBihan is Lecturer in English Studies and Women’s Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published articles on contemporary women’s writing and feminist theory.