Introducing literary theories (A guide and glossary)
Editorial EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780748614837
- ISBN10 0748614834
- Type BOOK
- Bookbinding Rustic
Subjects
Literary TheoryIntroducing literary theories (A guide and glossary)
Editorial EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book details
This volume is an ideal introduction for those coming to literary theory for the first time. It covers the major theoretical approaches: Bakhtinian Criticism, Structuralism, Feminist Theory, Marxist Literary Theories, Reader-Response Theories, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Deconstruction, Poststructuralism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Postcolonial Theory, Gay Studies/ Queer Theories, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism. Each chapter contains a clear presentation of the theory in question and applies it to an analysis of a key literary text to help students understand both the methodology and the practice of literary theory. The book is rounded out by useful bibliographies and a glossary of critical terms.