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Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed
About this book
This Guide for the Perplexed provides an advanced introduction to literary theory from basic information and orientation for the uninformed leading on to more sophisticated readings. It engages directly with the difficulty many students find intimidating, asking 'What is ''Literary Theory''?' and offering a clear, concise, accessible guide to the major theories and theorists, including: humanism; structuralism; poststructuralism; psychoanalytic approaches; feminist approaches; queer theory; ideology and discourse; new historicism; race and postcolonialism; postmodernism. The final chapter points to new directions in literary and cultural theory.
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Information
ary’
text.
What
we
call
‘Literary
Theory’
really
ought
to
be
named
something
like
‘world
theory’
or
just
‘how
things
work,’
because
the
theories
that
explain
how
meaning
is
made
and
what
it
produces
are
theories
that
explain
how
our
everyday
world
works.
And
that,
it
seems
to
me,
is
something
worth
knowing.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
first
day’s
class
I
tell
my
students
to
hold
on!
Be
prepared
to
have
your
mind
blown,
to
question
everything,
to
enter
into
a
world-view,
a
way
of
thinking,
that
will
feel
uncomfort-
able
and
unfamiliar
at
the
least,
and
possibly
profoundly
disturbing.
You’re
about
to
enter
a
perplexing
landscape
of
ideas
which
will
help
you
see
things
as
you’ve
never
seen
them
or
thought
about
them
before.
But
relax.
You
have
an
experienced
guide
with
you.
I’ve
taught
‘Literary
Theory’
to
about
a
thousand
students
over
the
past
ten
years,
and
every
single
one
of
them
survived
–
and,
I
hope,
understood.
9
WHAT
IS
‘LITERARY
THEORY?’
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. What is ‘Literary Theory?’
- 2. Humanist Literary Theory
- 3. Structuralism
- 4. Deconstruction
- 5. Psychoanalysis
- 6. Feminism
- 7. Queer Theory
- 8. Ideology and Discourse
- 9. Race and Postcolonialism
- 10. Postmodernism
- Index