Literary theory : a very short introduction / Jonathan Culler.
Material type: TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 165 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780199691340 (pbk.) :
- 9780199691340 (Paper)
- 801.95 CUL
- PN81 .C857 2011
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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