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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100631200282

ISBN-139780631200284

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Number of Pages1272 Pages

Publication NameLiterary Theory : an Anthology

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectGeneral, Semiotics & Theory

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorMichael Ryan

SeriesBlackwell Anthologies Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Length9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-020348

Dewey Edition22

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Table Of ContentPreface. Acknowledgments. Copyright Acknowledgments. Part I: Formalisms: 1. Introduction: "Formalisms": Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. 2. "Introduction to the Formal Method": Boris Eichenbaum. 3. "Art as Technique": Viktor Shklovsky. 4. "Thematics": Boris Tomashevsky. 5. Morphology of the Folktale: V. Propp. 6. "Discourse in the Novel": Mikhail Bakhtin. 7. Rabelais and His World: Mikhail Bakhtin. 8. "The Formalist Critics": Cleanth Brooks. 9. "The Language Paradox": Cleanth Brooks. Appendix: "The Canonization": John Donne. Part II: Structuralism and Linguistics: 10. Introduction: "The Linguistic Foundation": Jonathan Culler. 11. Course in General Linguistics: Ferdinand de Saussure. 12. "Two Aspects of Language": Roman Jakobson. 13. How to Do Things with Words: J. L. Austin. 14. "The Structural Study of Myth": Claude Lévi-Strauss. Part III: Psychoanalysis: 15. Introduction: "Strangers to Ourselves: Psychoanalysis": Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. 16. The Interpretation of Dreams: Sigmund Freud. 17. "On Narcissim": Sigmund Freud. 18. "The Uncanny": Sigmund Freud. 19. Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Sigmund Freud. 20. Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego: Sigmund Freud. 21. "The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience": Jacques Lacan. 22. "The Symbolic Order" (From "The Function and Field of Speech and Language of Psychoanalysis"): Jacques Lacan. 23. "The Instance the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason since Freud": Jacques Lacan. 24. The Anti-Oedipus: Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. 25. "The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant": Margaret Mahler. 26. "Two Primary Configurations of Psychopathology": Sydney J. Blatt and Shula Schichman. 27. "Triangular Desire": René Girard. Part IV: Marxism: 28. Introduction: "Starting with Zero: Basic Marxism": Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. 29. "Dialectics" (From The Science of Logic): G. W. F. Hegel. 30. Grundrisse: Karl Marx. 31. The German Ideology: Karl Marx. 32. The Manifesto of the Communist Party: Karl Marx. 33. "Wage Labor and Capital": Karl Marx. 34. Capital: Karl Marx. 35. "Hegemony" (From "The Formation of the Intellectuals"): Antonio Gramsci. 36. Marxism and the Philosophy of Language: V. N. Volosinov. 37. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction": Walter Benjamin. 38. The Historical Novel: Georg Lukács. 39. "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses": Louis Altusser. 40. "Culture, Ideology, Interpellation": John Fiske. 41. The Sublime Object of Ideology: Slovoj Zizek. 42. "White Guys Happiest, Study Finds": Ronald Kotulak. 43. "Nike Told of Worker Abuses in Vietnam Factories": Verena Dobnik. Part V: Post-structuralism, Deconstruction, Post-Modernism: 44. Introduction: "The Class of 1968 - Post-Structuralism par lui-même": Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. 45. "On Truth and Lying in and Extra-Moral Sense": Fridrich Nietzsche. 46. The Will to Power: Fridrich Nietzsche. 47. Being and Time: Martin Heidegger. 48. Identity and Difference: Martin Heidegger. 49. "Heterology": George Bataille. 50. The Order of Things: Michel Foucault. 51. "Difference": Jacques Derrida. 52. The System of Objects: Jean Baudrillard. 53. The Archaeology of Knowledge: Michel Foucault. 54. "Plato's Pharmacy": Jacques Derrida. 55. Revolution in Poetic Language: Julia Kristeva. 56. Discipline and Punish: Michel Foucalt. 57. Symbolic Exchange and Death: Jean Baudrillard. 58. The Postmodern Condition: Jean François. 59. A Thousand Plateaus: Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Part VI: Feminism: 60. Introduction: "Feminist Paradigms": Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. 61. "The Traffic in Women: Notes on the 'Political Economy' of Sex": Gayle Rubin. 62. "On the Politics of Literature": Judith Fetterley. 63. "The Power of Discourse and the Subordination of the Feminine": Luce Irigary. 64. "Commodities amongst Themselves": Luce Irigary. 65. "Sorties": Hélène Cixous. 66. "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema": Laura

SynopsisA unique combination of classic criticism and new theories that have revolutionized literary study in the past several decades. This unprecedented collection is an invaluable reference for readers interested in adding to their knowledge of how and from where these new theories arose. This is the most comprehensive collection of the schools and methods that make up the rich field of literary and cultural studies., Literary Theory: An Anthology is a unique combination of the classic statements in criticism and the new theories that have revolutionized literary study in the past several decades. Provides a major collection of primary theoretical texts. Shows how theoretical discourses have evolved. Helps students to understand how to work with theory., Literary Theory: An Anthology is a unique combination of the classic statements in criticism and the new theories that have revolutionized literary study in the past several decades. This unprecedented collection will be an invaluable reference tool for students interested in acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of the most recent developments in critical theory while becoming expert in the tradition from which the new theories derive. The anthology contains classic texts from Formalism, Structuralism, Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, Historicism, and Feminism, and it includes cutting edge work by leading theoreticians in such field as Post-Modernism, Cultural Studies, Post-Colonial Criticism, Gay/Lesbian Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Film. The anthology constitutes the most comprehensive collection of the schools and methods that make up the very rich and exciting field of literary and cultural studies.

LC Classification NumberPN45.L512 1998