The ideal prelude to the study of deconstructive theory for the as-yet-uninitiated reader. Leitch uses in-depth analyses, surveys of historical background, and helpful overviews to address the questions posed by the major figures--Saussure, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Heidegger, Derrida, Barthes Foucault--then penetrates and displays the subtle intricacies of their answers.
The ideal prelude to the study of deconstructive theory for the as-yet-uninitiated reader. Leitch uses in-depth analyses, surveys of historical backgr...
This book provides accounts of thirteen American critical schools and movements of the period from the early 1930s to the mid- 1980s. Each chapter presents a history of a specific school or movement, covering pertinent social and cultural backgrounds, main figures and texts, key philosophical and critical theories and practices and significant relations with allied and antagonistic contemporaneous movements both here and abroad.
This book provides accounts of thirteen American critical schools and movements of the period from the early 1930s to the mid- 1980s. Each chapter pre...
The turn toward "dis-course" and away from "literature" has led to a resurgence of cultural criticism, a mode of analysis revitalized and reformed by the arrival of "theory." Leitch illustrates the weak points of influential predecessors, showing how poststructuralism offers useful advances over reigning modes of critical inquiry. Leitch develops positions on key topics: social formations and cultural critique; authorship and intention; "poetic" discourse and the social text; literary genre and cultural convention; minority literatures and "general poetics"; textual theory and analysis; and...
The turn toward "dis-course" and away from "literature" has led to a resurgence of cultural criticism, a mode of analysis revitalized and reformed by ...
Looking at what theory means in the 21st century, this text explores how theory has altered the way the humanities do business. Theory got personal, went global, became popular and in the process has changed everything we thought we knew about intellectual life.
Looking at what theory means in the 21st century, this text explores how theory has altered the way the humanities do business. Theory got personal, w...
Looking at what theory means in the 21st century, this text explores how theory has altered the way the humanities do business. Theory got personal, went global, became popular and in the process has changed everything we thought we knew about intellectual life.
Looking at what theory means in the 21st century, this text explores how theory has altered the way the humanities do business. Theory got personal, w...
In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature.
Argues that the field of theory in late postmodern consumer society has become overburdened with new ideas, and that there is an essential need for guides and signposts in this complex field
Maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature
Explores the engagement of theory with such phenomena as...
In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupation...
