TY  - BOOK
AU  - Culler,Jonathan D.
TI  - Literary theory: a very short introduction 
T2  - Very short introductions
SN  - 9780199691340 (pbk.) :
AV  - PN81 .C857 2011
U1  - 801.95 CUL 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theory, etc
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Biography, literature & literary studies
KW  - thema
KW  - Literature: history & criticism
KW  - Literary theory
N1  - 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; Previous ed; 1997
N2  - 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
ER  -