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A reader's guide to contemporary literary theory /

By: Selden, Raman [author.].
Contributor(s): Widdowson, Peter [author.] | Brooker, Peter [author.].
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, England : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Edition: Sixth edition.Description: i, 308 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781138917439; 9781138917439:; 1138917435; 9781315688992; 1315688999; 113891746X; 9781138917460.Subject(s): Criticism -- History -- 20th century | English literature -- 20th century | Literature -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 801.950904
Contents:
New criticism, moral formalism and F.R. Leavis -- Russian formalism and the Bakhtin School -- Reader-oriented theories -- Structuralism -- Marxism -- Psychoanalysis -- Feminism -- Poststructuralism, new historicism and cultural materialism -- Postmodernism -- Postcolonialism, race and ethnicity -- Gay, lesbian and queer theories -- Post-theory -- Ecocriticism, animal studies, Thing Theory -- World literature and digital Humanities.
Summary: A classic introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory. It is known for its clear, accessible style and its thorough, logical approach, guiding the reader through the essentials of literary theory. It includes two new chapters: 'New Materialisms', which incorporates ecocriticism, animal studies, posthumanism and thing theory; and '21st Century and Future Developments', which includes technology, digital humanities, ethics and affect.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

New criticism, moral formalism and F.R. Leavis -- Russian formalism and the Bakhtin School -- Reader-oriented theories -- Structuralism -- Marxism -- Psychoanalysis -- Feminism -- Poststructuralism, new historicism and cultural materialism -- Postmodernism -- Postcolonialism, race and ethnicity -- Gay, lesbian and queer theories -- Post-theory -- Ecocriticism, animal studies, Thing Theory -- World literature and digital Humanities.

A classic introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory. It is known for its clear, accessible style and its thorough, logical approach, guiding the reader through the essentials of literary theory. It includes two new chapters: 'New Materialisms', which incorporates ecocriticism, animal studies, posthumanism and thing theory; and '21st Century and Future Developments', which includes technology, digital humanities, ethics and affect.

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