Practising Theory and Reading Literature: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780710811585 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 218 str.

Raman (Formerly Professor of English Selden

Opis

Provides an accessible introduction to the study of contemporary literary theories and their applications to a range of literary texts. This is an elementary introduction where the emphasis is on practice, and in this respect it complements A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Anglo-American Criticism; Chapter 2 Russian Formalism; Chapter 3 Structuralism; Chapter 4 Poststructuralism; Chapter 5 Reader-response Criticism; Chapter 6 Marxist and Feminist Criticism; Chapter 7 Exercises;

O autorze

Raman Selden is late Professor of English at the University of Sunderland.