LIT 4310: Literary Theory

Begins with historical overview of theory. Organizes all major theories into 6 categories: (1) Forms-Structure-Narrative-Genre, (2) Ideology-Philosophy-History-Aesthetics, (3) Language-Systems-Texts-Readers, (4) Mind-Body-Gender-Identity, (5) Culture-Ethnicities-Nations-Locations, and (6) People-Places-Bodies-Things. Includes biographies of key literary theorists and selected bibliographies. Contains sample readings to illustrate practical application of theory.

Step-by-step guidance for reading literature and writing literary analyses. Introduces the core literary theories: Formalism, Psychological, Marxist, Feminist, Reader-Response, Deconstruction, Cultural Studies, Postcolonialism, and Ecocriticism. Each theory includes historical background, key terms, suggested readings, plus example analyses to show how real students have applied the theory. Also contains a history of literary criticism and table outlining purpose/strengths/weakness of each theory.

Provides concise history of literary theory in introduction. Chapters on all major schools of theory: Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Feminist, Queer, Ideology and Discourse, Race and Postcolonialism, Ecocriticism, and Postmodernism. Includes biographies of major literary theorists and bibliographies of their major works. Contains glossary of key terms. (combination of Mary Klages' books Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed and Key Terms in Literary Theory)

Concise guide to the major theories and theorists including: Humanism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Queer Theory, Ideology & Discourse, Race & Postcolonialism, and Postmodernism. Provides suggestions for further reading for each theory.

Provides explanations of the many literary theories: reader response, biographical, historical, psychological, archetypal, genre-based, moral, philosophical, feminist, political, formalist, and postmodern. Gives each theory its own chapter with a brief overview and a history of the approach, along with an in-depth discussion of its benefits and limitations. Designed for teachers, but helpful for students too.

Introduces the major theoretical approaches: Bakhtinian Criticism, Structuralism, Feminist, Marxist, Reader-Response, Psychoanalytic, Deconstruction, Poststructuralism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Postcolonialism, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism. Each chapter gives a theory overview, readings of a text to show the theory in practice, questions for consideration, an annotated bibliography, and a supplementary bibliography. Contains a glossary of keywords. Adapted from Literary Theories: A Reader and Guide

Introduces the full range of contemporary theories: Formalism, Structuralism, Rhetoric, Deconstruction and Post-Structuralism and Post-Modernism, Psychoanalysis, Marxism, Cultural Materialism, Gender Studies, Historicism, Ethnic Studies, and Postcolonialism and Global English. Includes readings of classic literary texts from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work. A companion to Literary Theory: An Anthology, Second Edition

Presents a comprehensive historical survey of ideas and figures ranging from antiquity to present. More than 240 alphabetically-arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also examines developments in other disciplines which have shaped literary theory and criticism.

Covers the major literary theories: Formalism; Structuralism; Political Contexts; Postructuralism, Deconstruction, and Postmodernism; New Historicism; Cultural Materialism; Postcolonialism; and Sexuality. Places each critical movement in its historical and political context. Illustrates theory in practice with examples from much-read texts. Concludes each chapter with a brief summary and suggestions for further reading.

Presents contemporary literary theories while examining those of the past. Arranged topically rather than chronologically in order to highlight the relationships between earlier and most recent theoretical developments. Chapters include: Anglo-American New Criticism; Chicago Formalism; Russian Formalism; Deconstruction; Empathy/Affect Studies; Poststructuralism; Marxism; Postcolonialism; Ethnic; Gender; Psychoanalytic; Cognitive; Evolutionary; Cybernetics and Posthumanism.

Attempt to create a sense of how theories are built. Provides objective introductions to modern theories including: phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, anthropological theory, and feminist theory. Uses classic literary texts to illustrate the theories in practice. Includes key statements by the major proponents of each theory. Includes a glossary of technical terms.

Covers the history of criticism and theory from ancient Greece to present. Following chronologically, it discusses the major thinkers and critics alongside the development of the main schools of theory and literary movements. Contextualizes the broad intellectual and aesthetic movements from which theory emerges. Examines literary genres as well. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading.

Provides a history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present. Gives an overview of the majors movements, figures, and texts of criticism while also supplying the cultural, historical, and philosophical background to see literary theories in context. Organization of the book is chronological while being thematically coherent. Includes a bibliography of major texts of each literary-historical period as well as suggestions for further reading and useful anthologies.

Discusses major movements in literary theory up to the late 1960s, unfolding a comprehensive "story" of literary theory in all its manifestations. Coverage extends beyond European thinkers to include an international focus and extends beyond traditional literary critics to include philosophers, social theorists, and linguists. Explains the core underlying principles and positions of each theory, as well as its internal rationale with all its derivations and repercussions. Shows how literary theory has taken on different roles in different periods.

Questions whether the 'theory wars' of recent years have lost sight of literature itself, and makes surprising connections between criticism and a range of subjects.