An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and TheoryPearson Longman, 2004 - 344 Seiten A new edition of one of the market leading texts for those interested in critical theory and its effect on our reading of the English literary canon. Renowned for its accessible, witty style, the new edition is updated throughout and contains four new chapters to reflect the continuing development of the subject. * The key elements of this book that make it so popular are its clear, highly accessible articulation of ideas, the wide range of texts used as illustrative examples, and its witty, humourous style. * Number 1 textbook on our Literature list. * Literary Theory & Criticism is the only major, core course in English departments - every Literature student will study it. * A new chapter on Creative Writing - currently the biggest 'growth area' in the Humanities in the UK. |
Inhalt
The beginning | 1 |
Readers and reading | 9 |
The author | 18 |
Urheberrecht | |
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An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Andrew Bennett,Nicholas Royle Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2004 |
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appears argues Barthes beginning Bertha bliss called canon chapter character Chicago cinema classic colony concerned context creative writing criticism and theory culture D.H. Lawrence dead death deconstruction Deleuze desire detective fiction discourse Eliot's essay example F.R. Leavis fact fiction figure film finally Foucault Freud Further reading gender ghost haunted historicism homosexual human idea identity ideology involves Jacques Derrida Jane Eyre kind Lacan language laughter literary criticism literary texts literature London meaning metafictional metaphor monster mutant narrative narrator nineteenth century notion novel Oxford Ozymandias paradoxical particular perhaps perspective pleasure poem poet poetry political postmodern Poststructuralism psychoanalysis queer queer theory question reader reader-response criticism refers relation rhetorical Roland Barthes Routledge secret Sedgwick sense sexual Shakespeare simply story strange suggests suspense T.S. Eliot things tion tragedy tragic trans uncanny undecidability University Press voice Wide Sargasso Sea woman words Wordsworth Yellow Wallpaper
Verweise auf dieses Buch
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Peter Barry Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |