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Literary theory : a very short introduction / Jonathan Culler.

By: Language: English Series: Very short introductions ; 4 | Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Edition: 2nd ed., fully updated new edDescription: xiv, 165 p. : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0199691347
  • 9780199691340
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN81, C857 2011
Contents:
1. What is Theory? – 2. What is literature and does it matter? – 3. Literature and cultural studies – 4. Language, meaning, and interpretation – 5. Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry – 6. Narrative – 7. Performative language – 8. Identity, identificaiton, and the subject – 9. Ethics and aesthetics.
Summary: What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this new edition of his highly popular Very Short Introduction. Culler, an extremely lucid commentator and much admired in the field of literary theory, uses easy-to-grasp examples as he outlines the ideas behind schools of criticism that can otherwise be quite daunting, such as deconstruction, semiotics, and postcolonial theory. He explains "theory" not by describing warring "schools" but by sketching key "moves" that theory has encouraged, and by speaking directly about the implications of theory for thinking about literature, human identity, and the power of language.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library PN81, C857 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10732

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index

1. What is Theory? – 2. What is literature and does it matter? – 3. Literature and cultural studies – 4. Language, meaning, and interpretation – 5. Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry – 6. Narrative – 7. Performative language – 8. Identity, identificaiton, and the subject – 9. Ethics and aesthetics.

What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this new edition of his highly popular Very Short Introduction. Culler, an extremely lucid commentator and much admired in the field of literary theory, uses easy-to-grasp examples as he outlines the ideas behind schools of criticism that can otherwise be quite daunting, such as deconstruction, semiotics, and postcolonial theory. He explains "theory" not by describing warring "schools" but by sketching key "moves" that theory has encouraged, and by speaking directly about the implications of theory for thinking about literature, human identity, and the power of language.

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