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| Author | : Stephen Eric Bronner |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0190692677 |
Preface -- Introduction: what is critical theory? -- The frankfurt school -- A matter of method -- Critical theory and modernism -- Alienation and reification -- Enlightened illusions -- The utopian laboratory -- The happy consciousness -- The great refusal -- From resignation to renewal -- Unfinished tasks -- Further reading -- Index
| Author | : Jonathan Culler |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 145 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780192853189 |
What is Literary Theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is Literature, and does it matter?These are the sorts of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in a book which steers a clear path through a subject often perceived to be complex and impenetrable. It offers discerning insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, whether literature is a form of self-expression ora method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind a number of different schools: deconstruction, semiotics, postcolonial theory, and structuralism amongst them.
| Author | : Jonathan Culler |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2011-07-28 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0199691347 |
Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics.
| Author | : Terry Eagleton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Criticism |
| ISBN | : 019285318X |
| Author | : Jonathan Bate |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2010-10-07 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0199569266 |
English Literature: A Very Short Introduction discusses why literature matters, how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature. Jonathan Bate considers how we determine the content of the field, and looks at the three major kinds of imaginative literature - English poetry, English drama and The English novel.
| Author | : Jonathan Culler |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 149 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 019285383X |
A brief introduction to literary theory that explores the various moves that literary theory has encouraged.
| Author | : Michael Allingham |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2002-08-22 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0191579262 |
We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational? What guides our own choices, especially in cases where we don't have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making decisions which affect a lot of people, as in the case of government policy? This book explores what it means to be rational in all these contexts. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to decisions in everyday life, and to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
| Author | : Kimberley Reynolds |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2011-10-06 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0191620122 |
Children's literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and challenges. From familiar authors including Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl, classic books such as Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, and The Secret Garden, to modern works including Harry Potter and the Twilight series, thisVery Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of children's literature as it has developed in English, whilst at the same time introducing key debates, developments, and figures in the field. Raising questions about what shape the future of literature for children should take, and exploring the crossover with adult fiction, Reynolds shows that writing for children - whether on page or screen - has participated in shaping and directing ideas about culture, society and childhood. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
| Author | : Catriona Kelly |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2001-08-23 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0191577502 |
This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book will uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after hime, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
| Author | : Christopher Butler |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 137 |
| Release | : 2010-07-29 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0192804413 |
A compact introduction to modernism--why it began, what it is, and how it hasshaped virtually all aspects of 20th and 21st century life
