Literary theory : a very short introduction /
Jonathan Culler.
- 2nd ed., fully updated new ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- xiv, 165 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Very short introductions ; 4 .
- Very short introductions ; 4. Very short introductions. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index
What is theory? -- What is literature and does it matter? -- Literature and cultural studies -- Language, meaning, and interpretation -- Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry -- Narrative -- Performative language -- Identity, identification, and the subject -- Ethics and aesthetics -- Appendix : Theoretical schools and movements.
9780199691340 (pbk.) 0199691347 (pbk.)
2011500104
Criticism. Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc. Criticism. Literature--Theory, etc.