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Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192853189 | 019285318X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/8/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These questions and more are addressed in Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, a book which steers a clear path through a subject which is often perceived to be complex and impenetrable. Jonathan Culler, an extremely lucid commentator and much admired in the field of literary theory, offers discerning insights into such theories as the nature of language and meaning, and whether literature is a form of self-ex... MORE
1. What is Theory?
1(17)
2. What is Literature and Does it Matter?
18(25)
... MORE
3. Literature and Cultural Studies
43(12)
4. Language, Meaning, and Interpretation
55(15)
5. Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry
70(13)
6. Narrative
83(12)
7. Performative Language
95(15)
8. Identity, Identification, and the Subject
110(13)
Appendix: Theoretical Schools and Movements123(10)
Citations and Further Reading133(10)
Index143

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