A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory

ISBN-13: 9780134425672 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 508 str.

Peter Widdowson; Peter Brooker

Opis

This introductory reader offers an introduction to the major theoretical schools in twentieth century literary theory. It focuses on common literary texts presenting practical examples of essays by the literary theorists themselves. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.

Spis treści

1.  William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". (Critics): J. Lacan, T.S. Eliot, J. Rose, E. Showalter, C. Belsey   2.  William Wordworths "Intimations of Immortality Ode". (Critics): C. Brooks, G. Hartmann, M. Levinson  3.  George Eliot's "Middlemarch". (Critics): R. Williams, F. R. Leavis, T. Eagleton, C. MacCabe, J. Hillis Miller  4.  Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". (Critics): V. Woolf, Marxist-Feminist Collective, S. Gilbert and S. Gubar, G. Spivak  5.  Oscar Wilde. (Critics): Eve Sedgwick, J. Dollimore, T. Eagleton, J. Bristow  6.  Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness". (Critics): F. R. Leavis, T. Todorov, C. Achebe, E. Said  7.  James Joyce's "Ulysses". (Critics): W. Iser, F. Jameson, J. Derrida, R. Williams  8.  Berthold Brecht. (Critics): W. Benjamin, T. Adorno, L. Althusser, H. Marcuse  9.  Toni Morrison's "Beloved". (Critics): P. Nicholls, P. Gilroy, M. Henderson, H. Bhabha  10.  Salmon Rushdie. (Critics): P. Waugh, A. Ahmad, G. Spivak, T. Brennan.

O autorze

Peter Brooker Peter Widdowson