Culler, Jonathan D. <br/><br/>
Literary theory :  a very short introduction / 
Jonathan Culler. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 165 p. :  ill. ;  18 cm. 
 - Very short introductions .
 - Very short introductions. .
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1997. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199691340 (pbk.) :  £7.99 9780199691340 (Paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criticism.<br/>Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc<br/>Literature.<br/>Biography, literature & literary studies<br/>Literature: history & criticism<br/>Literary theory
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN81  / .C857 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>801.95 CUL