Rehabilitating Literary Theory: A Practical Guide for the Critical and Semiotic Analysis of Poetry and Drama - Couverture souple

Besbes, Khaled

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1612335071 ISBN 13 : 9781612335070

Editeur : Brown Walker Press, 2011

Synopsis

The present work seeks to bring literary theory in line with the most recent practical turn the humanities are witnessing. When simplified, succinctly presented, and skillfully used in multi-coded interpretation within a semiocritical framework, literary theories become practical exercises in criticism, not only facilitating the interpretation of literature, but also making it more enjoyable and more rewarding. This book is different from its counterparts in the sense that it includes an exceptionally expanded model of the practice of literary theories, and replaces long and theoretical discussions with brief synopses of the examined theories. It relies on less-overused texts for illustration as it compiles and organizes the terms and phrases that are often used by the proponents of the discussed theories. The most influential literary theories that have so far been developed in academia are included: the New Criticism, reader-response criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, psychoanalytic criticism, linguistic criticism, cultural materialism, new historicism, postcolonialism, and semiotics. Through eliminating the excesses made in the name of theory, this book will restore the faith of students, teachers, and practitioners in the useful and enduring nature of literary theory for the analysis and appreciation of literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brown Walker Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1612335071
• ISBN 13: 9781612335070
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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