Literary Theory
Author(s): Klages Mary
Provides an introduction to literary theory from basic information and orientation for the uninformed leading on to sophisticated readings. This book offers a guide to the major theories and theorists, including: humanism; structuralism; poststructuralism; psychoanalytic approaches; feminist approaches; ideology and discourse; and more.
Product Information
Mary Klages is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
1. What is "Literary Theory?"; 2. Humanist Literary Theory; 3. Structuralism; Interlude: Humanism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism; 4. Deconstruction; 5. Psychoanalyses; Interlude: 'Self' to 'Subject'; 6. Feminisms; 7. Queer Theory; Interlude: History to Historicism; 8. Ideology and Discourse; 9. Race and Postcolonialist Theories; 10. Postmodernism; Coda - 'Now what?'; Bibliography; Index.
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- : 0.259
- : 07 December 2006
- : 216mm X 138mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Klages Mary
- : Paperback
- : 801
- : 192