Synopses & Reviews
Volume 8 of The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism (the second to be published) deals with the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Semiotics, and Hermeneutics. Also incorporating a reflective chapter by Richard Rorty on Deconstruction, and culminating in accounts of the reader-oriented criticism of critics such as Stanley Fish, this is the first book to engage systematically with the history of the twentieth century's most profound and extensive set of cross-cultural intellectual movements.
Synopsis
The history of the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including structuralism and deconstruction.
Synopsis
This volume covers the most influential and controversial areas of literary theory in their Continental and Anglo-American contexts.
About the Author
Raman Selden was Professor of English at the University of Sunderland.
Table of Contents
Introduction Raman Selden; 1. Russian formalism Peter Steiner; Part I. Structuralism: Its Rise, Influence and Aftermath: 2. Structuralism of the Prague School Lubomír Dolezel; 3. The linguistic model and its applications Derek Attridge; 4. Semiotics Stephen Bann; 5. Narratology Gerald Prince; 6. Roland Barthes Annette Lavers; 7. Deconstruction Richard Rorty; 8. Structuralist and post-structuralist psychoanalytic and Marxist theories Celia Britton; Part II. Reader-Oriented Theories of Interpretation: 9. Hermeneutics Robert Holub; 10. Phenomenology Robert Holub; 11. Reception theory: School of Constance Robert Holub; 12. Speech act theory Peter J. Rabinowitz; 13. Other reader-oriented theories Peter J. Rabinowitz; Bibliography; Index.