Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction - Second Edition Ed 2
Anne H. Stevens, "Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction - Second Edition Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1554815371 | 2021 | 320 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1554815371 | 2021 | 320 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. It is designed for students at the undergraduate level or for others needing a broad synthesis of the long history of literary theory. An introductory chapter provides an overview of some of the major issues within literary theory and criticism; further chapters survey theory and criticism in antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the nineteenth century. For twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory, the discussion is subdivided into separate chapters on formalist, historicist, political, and psychoanalytic approaches.
The final chapter applies a variety of theoretical concepts and approaches to two famous works of literature: William Shakespeare’s
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