Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction - Softcover

Ryan, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405107200 ISBN 13: 9781405107204

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

238pp , in English . ABOUT THE AUTHOR :: Michael Ryan (born 1946 St. Louis ) has been teaching creative writing and literature at the University of California, Irvine from 1990..Previamente taught at the University of Iowa, Princeton University , the University Virginia , and the Warren Wilson College MFA program for Writers . He is also a contributing editor to The Alaska Quarterly Review. [ 2] He is currently the director of the MFA from the University of California, Irvine program. He has written four books of poems, an autobiography , a memoir and a collection of essays on poetry and writing. His work has regularly appeared in The American Poetry Review , The Alaska Quarterly Review, Threepenny Review , The New Yorker , Poetry Magazine. He currently lives in California with his wife, Doreen Gildroy , and their daughter , Emily.

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Michael Ryan′s Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture, from Formalism, Structuralism, and Historicism to Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, and Global English. Introduces readings from a variety of theoretical perspectives, on classic literary texts. Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work. Contains an accessible account of different theoretical approaches An ideal resource for use in introductory courses on literary theory and criticism. Designed to function both as a stand–alone text and a companion to Rivkin and Ryan s Literary Theory: An Anthology, Second Edition.

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LITERARY THEORY is the first comprehensive introduction to the practice of literary theory. It demonstrates how the full panolpy of theoretical approaches, from Formalism and Structuralism to Post-Modernism and Gender and Gay/Lesbian Studies, can all be used to read the same texts -- 'King Lear', Henry James' novella 'The Aspern Papers', and a selection of Elizabeth Bishop's poems. Each chapter consists of readings of all three texts through the optic of a single theory or method. The texts are read from every critical perspective. As a result, this unique book clearly illustrates the significant practical differences between contending literary theories and approaches, from Formalism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Marxism, Feminism, and Historicism to Gender and Gay/Lesbian Studies, Ethnic Criticism, Post-Colonial Studies, and Post-Modernism. The book also contains chapters on Cultural Studies and Film Studies, with readings of 'Mildred Pierce' and 'Pulp Fiction'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405107200
• ISBN 13: 9781405107204
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248