Textbook
How to Do TheoryISBN: 978-1-4051-1580-3
Paperback
224 pages
August 2005, ©2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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This succinct introduction to modern theories of literature and the
arts demonstrates how each theory is built and what it can
accomplish.
- Represents a wide variety of theories, including
phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory,
reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction,
anthropological theory, and feminist theory.
- Uses classic literary texts, such as Keats’s Ode on a
Grecian Urn, Spenser’s The Shephearde’s Calender and T.
S. Eliot’s The Waste Land to illustrate his
explanations.
- Includes key statements by the major proponents of each
theory.
- Presents the different theories objectively, allowing students
to decide which if any, they subscribe to.
- Gives students a sense of the potential of theory.
- Includes a glossary of technical terms.