Critical Theory Today

A User-Friendly Guide

Lois Tyson

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Année: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781000852615
• Édition: 4
• Sujet: Literature
• Sous-sujet: Literary Criticism

This thoroughly updated fourth edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today, including: feminism; psychoanalysis; Marxism; reader-response theory; New Criticism; structuralism and semiotics; deconstruction; new historicism and cultural criticism; lesbian, gay, and queer theory; African American criticism; and postcolonial criticism and ecocriticism.

This new edition features:

• A brand new chapter on ecocriticism, including sections on deep ecology, eco-Marxism, ecofeminism (including radical, Marxist, and vegetarian ecofeminisms), and postcolonial ecocriticism and environmental justice

• Considerable updates to the chapters on feminist theory, African American theory, postcolonial theory, and LGBTQ theories, including terminology and theoretical concepts

• An extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and a variety of literary texts

• A list of specific questions critics ask about literary texts

• An interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory

• A list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works

• Updated and expanded bibliographies

Both engaging and rigorous, this is a "how-to" book for undergraduate and graduate students new to critical theory and for college professors who want to broaden their repertoire of critical approaches to literature.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the fourth edition
• Preface for instructors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask
• 2 Psychoanalytic criticism
• 3 Marxist criticism
• 4 Feminist criticism
• 5 New Criticism
• 6 Reader-response criticism
• 7 Structuralist criticism
• 8 Deconstructive criticism
• 9 New historical and cultural criticism
• 10 Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism
• 11 African American criticism
• 12 Postcolonial criticism
• 13 Ecocriticism
• 14 Gaining an overview
• Index