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Literary theory : a very short introduction /

by Culler, Jonathan D.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Very short introductions: 4.; Very short introductions: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011Edition: 2nd ed., fully updated new ed.Description: xiv, 165 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 9780199691340 (pbk.); 0199691347 (pbk.).Subject(s): Criticism | Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | Criticism | Literature -- Theory, etc | Criticism, interpretation, etc
Contents:
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.
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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.


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