Literary theory: a very short introduction / Jonathan Culler

By:

Culler, Jonathan [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Unites States of America : Oxford University Press, c2011Description: xiv, 165 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:

9780199691340

Subject(s):

CRITICISM

LOC classification:

PN 81 .C85 2011

Contents:

Chapter1. What is theory? -- Chapter2. What is literature and does it matter? -- Chapter3. Literature and cultural studies -- Chapter4. Language, meaning, and interpretation -- Chapter5. Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry -- Chapter6. Narrative -- Chapter7. Performative language -- Chapter8. Identity, identification, and the subject -- Chapter9. Ethics and aesthetics.

Summary: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, human identity, and the power of language. Fully updated for 2011 and including a new chapter on 'Ethics and aesthetics', it steers a clear and lucid path through an often impenetrable subject.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex General Circulation	Elementary Education	GC PN 81 .C85 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000010709

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, human identity, and the power of language. Fully updated for 2011 and including a new chapter on 'Ethics and aesthetics', it steers a clear and lucid path through an often impenetrable subject.

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