The complete idiot's guide to literary theory and criticism. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Literary theory and criticism
• Further Information: Note: By Steven J. Venturino, PhD.
• Authors: Venturino, Steven J
• Contents: Basic ingredients and useful terms. It's just a theory ; What's the word for that, again? -- In theory, how do you read? New criticism looks very closely ; Russian formalism fixates on the machinery ; Reader-response criticism watches itself ; Aristotle and friends plot the course -- What is literature, anyway? Plato's fundamental gripe against literature ; The Romantics get defensive ; Marx sees through the material world ; Freud sees a symptom ; Saussure and science settle into a good read -- Hey, whose book is this? Feminist theories change the game ; Gender and queer theories read desire ; Ethnic studies changes the key ; Disability studies get physical -- Try to watch your language. Structuralism senses a pattern here ; Deconstruction says it's not what you think ; Psychology brings linguistics to the couch -- Into the world and of the world. Cultural studies tries to ruin a good time ; History gets literary ; Postcolonial criticism flaunts the fashions ; Ecocriticism offers a word from our sponsor.
• Publisher Details: New York : Alpha, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 801/.95; Criticism; Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Literature -- Appreciation; Ecocriticism; Criticism; Ecocriticism; Literature -- Appreciation; Literature -- Theory, etc; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781615643288; 1615643281
• Related ISBNs: 9781615642410; 1615642412
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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