Literary Criticism in the 21st Century: Theory Renaissance

ISBN-13: 9781472527707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str.

Vincent Leitch

Opis

For more than a decade literary criticism has been thought to be in a post-theory age. Despite this, the work of thinkers such as Derrida, Deleuze and Foucault and new writers such as Agamben and Ranciere continue to be central to literary studies. Literary Criticism in the 21st Century explores the explosion of new theoretical approaches that has seen a renaissance in theory and its importance in the institutional settings of the humanities today.Literary Criticism in the 21st Century covers such issues as: - The institutional history of theory in the academy
- The case against theory, from the 1970s to today
- Critical reading, theory and the wider world
- Keystone works in contemporary theory
- New directions and theory's many futuresWritten with an engagingly personal and accessible approach that brings theory vividly to life, this is a passionate defence of theory and its continuing relevance in the 21st century.

Recenzje

Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a valuable and rewarding book. One of its many virtues is its style, pellucid and often autobiographical. Leitch both describes and wonderfully practices what he calls 'intimate critique,' the blending of personal experiences and affects into the analysis of larger structures and trends. Joseph Albernaz, University of California-Berkeley, USA symploke

Spis treści

Preface1 What I believe and why2 Antitheory3 The tasks of critical reading4 Theory today and tomorrow5 Theory crossroads6 French theory's second life7 Second lives of Jacques Derrida8 Postmodernism revisited9 Twenty-first-century theory favorites10 Theory futuresBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Vincent Leitch is George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Paul and Carol Daube Sutton Chair in English at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He is the author of American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s (2nd edition, 2010) and co-editor of The Norton Anthology of Literary Criticism and Theory (2nd edition, 2010).