Critical Theory Today: A User-friendly Guide - Couverture souple

Tyson, Lois

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415974100 ISBN 13 : 9780415974103

Editeur : Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415974100
• ISBN 13: 9780415974103
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 482
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible