Issues in Contemporary Critical Theory: A Selection of Critical Essays

ISBN-13: 9780333398128 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 193 str.

Peter Barry

Spis treści

General Editor's Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1 EARLY MODERN VIEWPOINTS: CRITICAL BACKGROUND TO CONTEMPORARY DEBATES.- PART 2 THE MAJOR ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES.- Is Theory Necessary ? (Empiricism vs Theoreticism).- What Does the Literary Work Represent?.- Is Literature Language? (The Claims of Stylistics).- What is Deconstruction?.- What is the Reader's Place?.- PART 3 THE NEW THEORIES IN PRACTICE.- Fiction Poetry Drama.- Select Bibliography.- Notes on Contributors.- Acknowledgements.- Index.