Critical Theory Today,9780815328797

Critical Theory Today

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ISBN13: 9780815328797
ISBN10: 0815328796
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Pub. Date: 1998-08-01
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Preface for Instructors xiii
Everything You Wanted to Know about Critical Theory But Were Afraid to Ask
1(12)
Psychoanalytic Criticism
13(36)
The Origins of the Unconscious
14(3)
The Defenses
17(2)
Dreams and Dream Symbols
19(4)
The Meaning of Death
23(3)
The Meaning of Sexuality
26(2)
Psychoanalysis and Literature
28(4)
Some Questions Psychoanalytic Critics Ask about Literary Texts
32(1)
``What's Love Got to Do with It?'': A Psychoanalytic Reading of The Great Gatsby
33(12)
Questions for Further Practice: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Other Literary Works
45(1)
For Further Reading
45(4)
Marxist Criticism
49(32)
The Fundamental Premises of Marxism
49(2)
The Class System in America
51(1)
The Role of Ideology
52(6)
Human Behavior, the Commodity, and the Family
58(3)
Marxism and Literature
61(4)
Some Questions Marxist Critics Ask about Literary Texts
65(1)
You Are What You Own: A Marxist Reading of The Great Gatsby
66(11)
Questions for Further Practice: Marxist Approaches to Other Literary Works
77(1)
For Further Reading
78(3)
Feminist Criticism
81(36)
Traditional Gender Roles
83(7)
A Summary of Feminist Premises
90(2)
Getting Beyond Patriarchy
92(3)
Multicultural Feminism
95(3)
Feminism and Literature
98(3)
Some Questions Feminist Critics Ask about Literary Texts
101(1)
``...next they'll throw everything overboard...'': A Feminist Reading of The Great Gatsby
102(11)
Questions for Further Practice: Feminist Approaches to Other Literary Works
113(1)
For Further Reading
114(3)
New Criticism
117(36)
``The Text Itself''
118(2)
Literary Language and Organic Unity
120(10)
A New Critical Reading of ``There Is a Girl Inside''
126(4)
New Criticism as Intrinsic, Objective Criticism
130(2)
The Single Best Interpretation
132(1)
The Question New Critics Asked about Literary Texts
133(1)
The ``deathless song'' of Longing: A New Critical Reading of The Great Gatsby
134(15)
Questions for Further Practice: New Critical Approaches to Other Literary Works
149(1)
For Further Reading
150(3)
Reader-Response Criticism
153(44)
Transactional Reader-Response Theory
157(3)
Affective Stylistics
160(3)
Subjective Reader-Response Theory
163(5)
Psychological Reader-Response Theory
168(3)
Social Reader-Response Theory
171(2)
Defining Readers
173(2)
Some Questions Reader-Response Critics Ask about Literary Texts
175(2)
Projecting the Reader: A Reader-Response Analysis of The Great Gatsby
177(14)
Questions for Further Practice: Reader-Response Approaches to Other Literary Works
191(1)
For Further Reading
192(5)
Structuralist Criticism
197(44)
Structural Linguistics
201(2)
Structural Anthropology
203(2)
Semiotics
205(3)
Structuralist Approaches to Literature
208(16)
The Structure of Literary Genres
210(4)
The Structure of Narrative (Narratology)
214(8)
The Structure of Literary Interpretation
222(2)
Some Questions Structuralist Critics Ask about Literary Texts
224(2)
``Seek and Ye Shall Find''... and Then Lose: A Structuralist Reading of The Great Gatsby
226(11)
Questions for Further Practice: Structuralist Approaches to Other Literary Works
237(2)
For Further Reading
239(2)
Deconstructive Criticism
241(36)
Deconstructing Language
242(6)
Deconstructing Our World
248(2)
Deconstructing Human Identity
250(1)
Deconstructing Literature
251(8)
A Deconstructive Reading of Robert Frost's ``Mending Wall''
254(5)
Some Questions Deconstructive Critics Ask about Literary Texts
259(2)
``...the thrilling, returning trains of my youth...'': A Deconstructive Reading of The Great Gatsby
261(13)
Questions for Further Practice: Deconstructive Approaches to Other Literary Works
274(1)
For Further Reading
275(2)
New Historical and Cultural Criticism
277(40)
New Historicism
278(9)
New Historicism and Literature
287(5)
Cultural Criticism
292(3)
Cultural Criticism and Literature
295(2)
Some Questions New Historical and Cultural Critics Ask about Literary Texts
297(2)
The Discourse of the Self-Made Man: A New Historical Reading of The Great Gatsby
299(12)
Questions for Further Practice: New Historical and Cultural Criticism of Other Literary Works
311(1)
For Further Reading
312(5)
Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism
317(46)
The Marginalization of Lesbians and Gay Men
318(5)
Lesbian Criticism
323(7)
Gay Criticism
330(6)
Queer Criticism
336(5)
Some Shared Features of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism
341(3)
Some Questions Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Critics Ask about Literary Texts
344(1)
Will the Real Nick Carraway Please Come Out? A Queer Reading of The Great Gatsby
345(12)
Questions for Further Practice: Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Approaches to Other Literary Works
357(2)
For Further Reading
359(4)
Postcolonial and African American Criticism
363(60)
Postcolonial Criticism
364(16)
Postcolonial Identity
365(6)
Postcolonial Debates
371(3)
Postcolonial Theory and Literature
374(4)
Some Questions Postcolonial Criticism Ask about Literary Texts
378(2)
African American Criticism
380(18)
Racial Issues and African American Literary History
380(8)
African American Criticism Today
388(10)
Some Questions African American Critics Ask about Literary Texts
398(2)
Some Shared Features of Postcolonial and African American Criticism
400(1)
The Colony Within: A Postcolonial Reading of The Great Gatsby
401(14)
Questions for Further Practice
415(3)
Postcolonial Approaches to Other Literary Works
415(2)
African American Approaches to Other Literary Works
417(1)
For Further Reading
418(5)
Gaining an Overview
423(8)
Index 431

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