An introduction to literature, criticism, and theory : key critical concepts / Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheastsheaf, 1995. ISBN: 0133552152Subject(s): Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | CriticismDDC classification: 808 LOC classification: PN45| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-229) and index.
1. The beginning -- 2. Readers and reading -- 3. The author -- 4. The text and the world -- 5. The uncanny -- 6. Narrative -- 7. Character -- 8. Voice -- 9. Figures and tropes -- 10. Laughter -- 11. The tragic -- 12. History -- 13. Me -- 14. Sexual difference -- 15. God -- 16. Ideology -- 17. Desire -- 18. Suspense -- 19. Racial difference -- 20. The performative -- 21. Secrets -- 22. The postmodern -- 23. Pleasure -- 24. The end.
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is an indispensable guide. In twenty-four short, compelling and highly readable chapters, this book presents the key critical concepts in literary studies today. Bennett and Royle avoid the jargonistic, abstract nature of much 'theory'. Instead they explore crucial issues in contemporary criticism and theory by focusing closely on a range of literary texts - from Chaucer to Achebe, from Milton to Morrison. This book is essential reading for students of literature and English Studies. It can also be recommended as a general introduction for students in the humanities.