Literary theory : the basics
Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, this text is an easy-to-follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area
Criticism, interpretation, etc
ix, 248 pages
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1. Reading for meaning: practical criticism and New Criticism
2. Reading for form I: Formalism and early structuralism, 1914-60
3. Reading for form II: French structuralism, 1950-75
4. Political reading: the 1970s and 1980s
5. The postructuralist revolution: Derrida, deconstruction, and postmodernism
6. Poststructuralism continued: Foucault, Lacan, and French feminism
7. Literature and culture: the new historicism and cultural materialism
8. Postcolonial criticism and theory
9. Sexuality, literature, and culture
10. Ecocriticism
11. Conclusion