LEADER 03682nam 2200577 450 001 9910154701903321 005 20170822104337.0 010 $a1-283-20684-6 010 $a1-4411-6781-1 010 $a9786613206848 035 $a(CKB)2550000001252062 035 $a(EBL)742898 035 $a(OCoLC)745866177 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544177 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12205608 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544177 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10536128 035 $a(PQKB)10087499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742898 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001252062 100 $a20070522d2006 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiterary theory $ea guide for the perplexed /$fMary Klages 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (646 p.) 225 1 $aGuides for the perplexed series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-9073-5 311 $a0-8264-9072-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhat is 'literary theory?' -- Humanist literary theory : Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Francis Bacon, Joseph Addison, Edmund Burke, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Matthew Arnold -- Structuralism : Ferdinand de Saussure, Claude Levi-Strauss and 'the structural study of myth', Interlude: Humanism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism -- Deconstruction : Binary opposition, The role of the center, Bricolage -- Psychoanalysis : Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Interlude: 'self' to 'subject' -- Feminism : 'Pre-poststructuralist' feminist literary theory, Poststructuralist feminist literary theory, He?le?ne Cixous and 'The laugh of the Medusa', Luce Irigaray and 'This sex which is not one' -- Queer theory : Flexible sexuality?, Gay/lesbian studies, Interlude: history to historicism, Humanist history, New historicism -- Ideology and discourse : Marxist theory: a few basics, Louis Althusser and ideology, Mikhail Bakhtin and 'Discourse in the novel', Michel Foucault: discourse, power/knowledge, and the author function -- Race and Postcolonialism : Colonialism and 'English', Henry Louis Gates, Jr and 'The signifying monkey', Postcolonialism and Orientalism, Homi Bhabha and 'The location of culture', Gloria Anzaldu?a and 'Borderlands/La frontera' -- Postmodernism : Modernity, Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Franc?ois Lyotard, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Coda: what now? 330 $aThis Guide for the Perplexed provides an advanced introduction to literary theory from basic information and orientation for the uninformed leading on to more sophisticated readings. It engages directly with the difficulty many students find intimidating, asking ''What is ''''Literary Theory''''?'' and offering a clear, concise, accessible guide to the major theories and theorists, including: humanism; structuralism; poststructuralism; psychoanalytic approaches; feminist approaches; queer theory; ideology and discourse; new historicism; race and postcolonialism; postmodernism. The final chapte 410 0$aGuides for the perplexed. 606 $aCriticism 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriticism. 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 676 $a801 700 $aKlages$b Mary$0875815 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154701903321 996 $aLiterary theory$91955843 997 $aUNINA