1. What is theory?; 2. What is Literature and Does it Matter?; 3. Literature and Cultural Studies; 4. Language, Meaning, and Interpretation; 5. Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry; 6. Narrative; 7. Performative Language; 8. Identity, Identification, and the Subject; Theoretical Schools and Movements; References; Further Reading; Index
Jonathan Culler is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University and a leading figure in the world of literary theory. Praised by Frank Kermode for his "remarkable expository skills," his publications include seminal works on deconstruction and semiology as well as studies of individual authors.
A must read for all literature students. Bookwise
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