Literary Theory

A Reintroduction
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3601-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Literary Theory: A Reintroduction introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts.

- Focuses on the period preceding the ‘theory movement’ of the 1970s and 1980s as well as the aftermath
- Asks questions about how and why literary theory evolved in the 20th century
- Discusses key figures such as F.R. Leavis, Raymond Williams, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler and Alain Badiou
- Examines the influence of a wide range of topics in the field, from the Cold War to the culture wars

Zielgruppe

students of literary theory at all levels, faculty teaching and researching in this area

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayers, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.

1. English as a University Subject.

2. The New Criticism and Beyond.

3. Reconfiguring English Studies.

4. The Politics of Theory.

5. From Work to Text.

6. Enlightenment and Modernity.

7. PC Wars.

8. Ethics.

Notes.

Selected Bibliography.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Ayers is Reader in Modernism and Critical Theory, and Director of the Centre for Modern Poetry, at the University of Kent. His publications include Wyndham Lewis and Western Man (1992), English Literature of the 1920s (1999) and Modernism: A Short Introduction (2004).