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Learning for a Diverse World : Using Critical Theory to Read and Write about Literature

by: Tyson,Lois

Learning for a Diverse World : Using Critical Theory to Read and Write about Literature

by: Tyson,Lois

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9780815337744
ISBN 10:
0815337744
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Copyright: 08/24/2001
Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Lois Tyson explains the basic concepts of six critical theories in popular academic use today-psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gay/lesbian, African-American, and post-colonial-and shows how they can be employed to interpret five short literary works in the book.

Preface for Instructors

Acknowledgments

Critical Theory and You

(10)

What Does Critical Theory Have to Do with Me?

(2)

What Will I Learn about Critical Theory from This Book?

(4)

Three Questions about Interpretation Most Students Ask

(2)

Why Feeling Confused Can Be a Good Sign

(2)

Using Concepts from Reader-Response Theory to Understand Our Own Interpretations

(12)

Discovering the Role of Our Personal Responses

(4)

How Our Personal Responses Can Help or Hinder Interpretation

(4)

Using Our Personal Responses to Generate Paper Topics

(4)

Using Concepts from Psychoanalytic Theory to Understand Literature

(30)

Why Should We Learn about Psychoanalytic Theory?

(2)

Basic Concepts

(4)

The Family

(1)

Repression and the Unconscious

(1)

The Defenses

(1)

Core Issues

(1)

Dream Symbolism

(2)

Interpretation Exercises

(21)

Analyzing Characters' Dysfunctional Behavior: Interpreting ``Everyday Use''

(5)

Analyzing a Character's Insanity: Interpreting ``A Rose for Emily''

(6)

Analyzing Dream Images in Literature: Interpreting ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

(4)

Analyzing a Character's Self-Healing: Interpreting ``Don't Explain''

(4)

Using Psychoanalytic Concepts in Service of Other Theories: Interpreting ``The Battle Royal''

(2)

Food for Further Thought

(3)

Using Concepts from Marxist Theory to Understand Literature

(30)

Why Should We Learn about Marxist Theory?

(2)

Basic Concepts

(5)

Classism

(2)

Capitalism

(1)

Capitalist Ideologies

(1)

Competition

(1)

Commodification

(1)

The American Dream

(1)

Rugged Individualism

(1)

Religion

(1)

Interpretation Exercises

(20)

Analyzing the Operations of Capitalism: Interpreting ``Everyday Use''

(4)

Analyzing the Operations of the American Dream: Interpreting ``The Battle Royal''

(6)

Analyzing the Operations of Classism: Interpreting ``A Rose for Emily''

(4)

Resisting Classism: Interpreting ``Don't Explain''

(3)

Learning When Not to Use Marxist Concepts: Resisting the Temptation to Interpret ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

(3)

Food for Further Thought

(3)

Using Concepts from Feminist Theory to Understand Literature

(34)

Why Should We Learn about Feminist Theory?

(3)

Basic Concepts

(4)

Patriarchy

(1)

Traditional Gender Roles

(1)

``Good Girls'' and ``Bad Girls''

(1)

Sexism

(1)

The ``Cult of `True Womanhood''

(2)

Interpretation Exercises

(24)

Rejecting the Objectification of Women: Interpreting ``The Battle Royal''

(3)

Resisting Patriarchal Ideology: Interpreting ``Don't Explain''

(4)

Analyzing a Conflicted Attitude toward Patriarchy: Interpreting ``Everyday Use''

(5)

Analyzing a Sexist Text: Interpreting ``A Rose for Emily''

102

(8)

Analyzing Patriarchy's Psychological Oppression of Women: Interpreting ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

110

(4)

Food for Further Thought

114

(3)

Using Concepts from Gay and Lesbian Theory to Understand Literature

117

(32)

Why Should We Learn about Gay and Lesbian Theory?

117

(3)

Basic Concepts

120

(3)

Heterosexism

120

(1)

Homophobia

121

(1)

Homosocial

121

(1)

Woman-Identified Woman

121

(1)

Homoerotic

122

(1)

Queer Theory

122

(1)

Interpretation Exercises

123

(23)

Rejecting Lesbian Stereotypes: Interpreting ``Don't Explain''

123

(6)

Analyzing Homophobia: Interpreting ``The Battle Royal''

129

(3)

Analyzing a Gay or Lesbian Subtext: Interpreting ``Everyday Use''

132

(5)

Using Queer Theory: Interpreting ``A Rose for Emily''

137

(4)

Drawing upon Context: Interpreting ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

141

(5)

Food for Further Thought

146

(3)

Using Concepts from African American Theory to Understand Literature

149

(40)

Why Should We Learn about African American Theory?

149

(4)

Basic Concepts

153

(4)

African American Culture

153

(1)

Racism

154

(1)

Forms of Racism

155

(1)

Institutionalized Racism

155

(1)

Internalized Racism

156

(1)

Intraracial Racism

156

(1)

Double Consciousness

157

(1)

Interpretation Exercises

157

(29)

Analyzing the Operations of Institutionalized Racism: Interpreting ``The Battle Royal''

157

(5)

Understanding the Operations of Internalized Racism: Interpreting ``Everyday Use''

162

(7)

Surviving ``Less Visible'' Forms of Racism: Interpreting ``Don't Explain''

169

(6)

Analyzing the Function of Black Characters in White Literature: Interpreting ``A Rose for Emily''

175

(8)

Learning When Not to Use African American Concepts: Resisting the Temptation to Interpret ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

183

(3)

Food for Further Thought

186

(3)

Using Concepts from Postcolonial Theory to Understand Literature

189

(42)

Why Should We Learn about Postcolonial Theory?

189

(3)

Basic Concepts

192

(5)

Colonialist Ideology

192

(1)

Othering

193

(1)

Subaltern

193

(1)

The Colonial Subject

194

(1)

Mimicry

194

(1)

Unhomeliness

195

(1)

Anticolonialist Resistance

196

(1)

Interpretation Exercises

197

(30)

Analyzing Colonialist Ideology: Interpreting ``The Battle Royal''

197

(7)

Analyzing the Colonial Subject: Interpreting ``Everyday Use''

204

(8)

Analyzing the Influence of Cultural Categories: Interpreting ``A Rose for Emily''

212

(5)

Analyzing Anticolonialist Resistance: Interpreting ``Don't Explain''

217

(6)

Understanding the Colonization of Nature: Interpreting ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

223

(4)

Food for Further Thought

227

(4)

Holding on to What You've Learned

231

(62)

A Shorthand Overview of Our Six Critical Theories

231

(1)

A Shorthand Overview of Our Literary Interpretation Exercises

232

(7)

A Shorthand Overview of the Range of perspectives Offered by Each Theory

239

(3)

Critical Theory and an Ethics for a Diverse World

242

(2)

Taking the Next Step

244

(5)

Appendices

Appendix A ``I started Early-Took my Dog''

249

(2)

Emily Dickinson

Appendix B ``A Rose for Emily''

251

(9)

William Faulkner

Appendix C ``The Battle Royal''

260

(14)

Ralph Ellison

Appendix D ``Everyday Use''

274

(8)

Alice Walker

Appendix E ``Don't Explain''

282

(11)

Jewelle Gomez

Index

293

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