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Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed

ISBN: 9780826490735 | 0826490735
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VHPS
Pub. Date: 1/23/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
This Guide introduces theory in a clear, accessible way, focusing on the major approaches and theorists.

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.

This Guide for the Perplexed provides an advan... MORE
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 Historicism8. Ideology and Discourse 9. Race and Postcolonialist Theories 10. Postmodernism Coda - 'Now what?'BibliographyIndex


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