Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field.
The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Beginning theory allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped.
The book has been updated for this edition and includes a new introduction, expanded chapters, and an overview of the subject (‘Theory after ‘Theory”) which maps the arrival of new ‘isms’ since the second edition appeared in 2002 and the third edition in 2009.
The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Beginning theory allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped.
The book has been updated for this edition and includes a new introduction, expanded chapters, and an overview of the subject (‘Theory after ‘Theory”) which maps the arrival of new ‘isms’ since the second edition appeared in 2002 and the third edition in 2009.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface to the fourth editionIntroduction
1 Theory before ‘theory’
2 Structuralism
3 Post-structuralism and deconstruction
4 Postmodernism
5 Psychoanalytic criticism
6 Feminist criticism
7 Queer theory
8 Marxist criticism
9 New historicism and cultural materialism
10 Postcolonial criticism
11 Stylistics
12 Narratology
13 Ecocriticism
14 Literary theory – a history in ten events
15 Theory after ‘Theory’
Appendices
Where do we go from here? Further reading
Index
Circa l’autore
John Mc Leod is Lecturer in English at the University of LeedsAcquista questo ebook e ricevine 1 in più GRATIS!
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 384 ● ISBN 9781526121806 ● Dimensione 0.7 MB ● Casa editrice Manchester University Press ● Città Manchester ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2017 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 6821812 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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