Synopses & Reviews
In this second edition of
Beginning Theory, the variety of approaches, theorists, and technical language is lucidly and expertly unraveled and explained, and allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles have been grasped. Expanded and updated from the original edition first published in 1995, Peter Barry has incorporated all of the recent developments in literary theory, adding two new chapters covering the emergent Eco-criticism and the re-emerging Narratology.
Synopsis
In this second edition of Beginning Theory, the variety of approaches, theorists, and technical language is lucidly and expertly unraveled and explained, and allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles have been grasped. Expanded and updated from the original edition first published in 1995, Peter Barry has incorporated all of the recent developments in literary theory, adding two new chapters covering the emergent Eco-criticism and the re-emerging Narratology.
Table of Contents
Theory Before 'Theory' - Liberal Humanism * Structuralism * Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction * Postmodernism * Psychoanalytic Criticism * Feminist Criticism * Lesbian/Gay Criticism * Marxist Criticism * New Historicism and Cultural Materialism * Postcolonial Criticism * Stylistics * Narratology * Eco-Criticism
Theory Before 'Theory' - Liberal Humanism * Structuralism * Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction * Postmodernism * Psychoanalytic Criticism * Feminist Criticism * Lesbian/Gay Criticism * Marxist Criticism * New Historicism and Cultural Materialism * Postcolonial Criticism * Stylistics * Narratology * Eco-Criticism