Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. It is designed for students at the undergraduate level or for others needing a broad synthesis of the long history of literary theory. An introductory chapter provides an overview of some of the major issues within literary theory and criticism; further chapters survey theory and criticism in antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the nineteenth century. For twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory, the discussion is subdivided into separate chapters on formalist, historicist, political, and psychoanalytic approaches.The final chapter applies a variety of theoretical concepts and approaches to two famous works of literature: William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The new edition has been updated throughout, including expanded coverage of Marxist theory, Disability Studies, and Critical Race Theory.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781554815371
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-55481-537-1
- Verlag: Broadview Press Inc
- Erscheinungstermin: 16.09.2021
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 2. Auflage 2021
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 440 g
- Seiten: 300
- Format (B x H x T): 152 x 226 x 18 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt