| Theory of Literature Contributor(s): Fry, Paul H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300180837 ISBN-13: 9780300180831 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $18.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| LCCN: 2011045263 |
| Series: Open Yale Courses |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.29 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose? Fry engages with the major themes and strands in twentieth-century literary theory, among them hermeneutics, modes of formalism, semiotics and Structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalytic approaches, Marxist and historicist approaches, theories of social identity, Neo-pragmatism and theory. By incorporating philosophical and social perspectives to connect these many trends, the author offers readers a coherent overall context for a deeper and richer reading of literature. |