Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide - Brossura

Tyson, Lois

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415974100 ISBN 13: 9780415974103

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2006

Riassunto

Critical Theory Today is the essential introduction to contemporary criticial theory. It provides clear, simple explanations and concrete examples of complex concepts, making a wide variety of commonly used critical theories accessible to novices without sacrificing any theoretical rigor or thoroughness.

This new edition provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian/gay/queer theory, African American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters provide an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts; a list of specific questions critics who use that theory ask about literary texts; an interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory; a list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works; and a bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Lois Tyson is a Professor of English at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, USA.

Contenuti:

Preface to the second edition  Preface for intructors  Acknowledgements  1. Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask  2. Psychoanalytic criticism  3. Marxist criticism  4. Feminist criticism  5. New criticism  6. Reader-response criticism  7. Structuralist criticism  8. Deconstructive criticism  9. New historical and cultural criticism  10. Lesbian, gay and queer criticism  11. African American criticism  12. Postcolonial criticism  13. Gaining an overview  Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415974100
• ISBN 13: 9780415974103
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 482