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Literary theory : a very short introduction / Jonathan Culler.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 165 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780199691340 (pbk.) :
  • 9780199691340 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 801.95 CUL
LOC classification:
  • PN81 .C857 2011
Contents:
1.What is theory? -- 2.What is literature and does it matter -- 3.Literature and cultural studies -- 4.Language, meaning, and interpretation -- 5.Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry -- 6.Narrative -- 7.Performance language -- 8.Identity, identification, and the subject -- 9.Ethics and aesthetics.
Summary: Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 801.95 CUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215428

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.What is theory? -- 2.What is literature and does it matter -- 3.Literature and cultural studies -- 4.Language, meaning, and interpretation -- 5.Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry -- 6.Narrative -- 7.Performance language -- 8.Identity, identification, and the subject -- 9.Ethics and aesthetics.

Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics.

Previous ed.: 1997

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