Critical Theory Today

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.

Literature & Fiction

Tyson, Lois

History & Criticism

Routledge

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; 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 the 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.

Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide

This thoroughly updated third 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. This new edition features: <ul>
<li>a major expansion of the chapter on postcolonial criticism that includes topics such as Nordicism, globalization and the ‘end’ of postcolonial theory, global tourism and global conservation</li> <li>an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts</li> <li>a list of specific questions critics ask about literary texts</li> <li>an interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory</li> <li>a list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works</li> <li>updated and expanded bibliographies</li> </ul> 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.

Explaining both why theory is important and how to use it, Lois Tyson introduces beginning students of literature to this often daunting area in a friendly and approachable style. The new edition of this textbook is clearly structured with chapters based on major theories that students are expected to cover in their studies. Key features include: <ul>
<li>coverage of major theories including psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, lesbian/gay/queer theories, postcolonial theory, African American theory, and a new chapter on New Criticism (formalism)</li> <li>practical demonstrations of how to use these theories on short literary works selected from canonical authors including William Faulkner and Alice Walker</li> <li>a new chapter on reader-response theory that shows students how to use their personal responses to literature while avoiding typical pitfalls </li> <li>new sections on cultural criticism for each chapter</li> <li>new ‘further practice’ and ‘further reading’ sections for each chapter </li> <li>a useful "next step" appendix that suggests additional literary titles for extra practice. </li> </ul>
Comprehensive, easy to use, and fully updated throughout, Using Critical Theory is the ideal first step for students beginning degrees in literature, composition and cultural studies.

Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write About Literature

Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write about Literature

Explaining both why theory is important and how to use it, Lois Tyson introduces beginning students of literature to this often daunting area in a friendly and approachable style. The new edition of this textbook is clearly structured with chapters based on major theories that students are expected to cover in their studies. Key features include:   coverage of major theories including psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, lesbian/gay/queer theories, postcolonial theory, African American theory, and a new chapter on New Criticism (formalism)   practical demonstrations of how to use these theories on short literary works selected from canonical authors including William Faulkner and Alice Walker   a new chapter on reader-response theory that shows students how to use their personal responses to literature while avoiding typical pitfalls    new sections on cultural criticism for each chapter   new ‘further practice’ and ‘further reading’ sections for each chapter    a useful "next step" appendix that suggests additional literary titles for extra practice.   Comprehensive, easy to use, and fully updated throughout, Using Critical Theory is the ideal first step for students beginning degrees in literature, composition and cultural studies.

Because literature is a repository of both a society's ideologies and its psychological conflicts, it has the capacity to reveal aspects of a culture's collective psyche: the ways in which ideological investments reveal the nature of individuals' psychological relationship to the world. While it is reasonable to assume that our national literature would offer a fertile field in which to explore the interaction between the ideological and psychological dimensions of American life, critics generally have kept these two domains separate, and the dominant model has consisted of an archaic notion of the individual in society. The two are seen as interactive but essentially discrete entities, often in polarized opposition in which the autonomous individual is a victim of an antagonistic American society. Lois Tyson's ground-breaking work, Psychological Politics of the American Dream, seeks to draw together these disparate spheres by applying a new dialectical model of existential subjectivity to five representative works of twentieth-century American literature: Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, and Joseph Heller's Something Happened. While previous literary analyses frequently portray the individuals in these works in opposition to society, Tyson ably demonstrates that the texts instead reveal the intersection of psyche - or the self as a product of individual psychological experience - and the socius - or the self as social product - in the American dream, which through its inherent relation to commodification responds to our desire to escape existential inwardness: that anxious awareness of ourselves as creatures, in Heidegger's words, whose "very being is at issue" in an uncertain world. These five works illustrate the diversity and complexity of the psychological realities American literature can reveal, given a model of subjectivity adequate to the task. Taken together, they point to a growing collusion of psyche and socius: the desire to escape existential inwardness becomes an increasingly "viable" project with the increasing commodification of American national culture.

Psychological Politics of the American Dream: The Commodification of Subjectivity in Twentieth-Century American Literature (The Theory and Interpret)

Ohio State Univ Pr

This accessible guide offers a thorough introduction to contemporary critical theory. It provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian/gay/queer theory, African-American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters provide an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts; a list of specific questions critics who use that theory 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; and a bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading.

Critical Theory Today : A User-Friendly Guide (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

Reference

This accessible guide offers a thorough introduction to contemporary critical theory. It provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian/gay/queer theory, African-American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters provide an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts; a list of specific questions critics who use that theory 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; and a bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading.This book can be used as the only text in a course or as a precursor to the study of primary theoreticalworks. It motivates readers by showing them what critical theory can offer in terms of their practical understanding of literary texts and in terms of their personal understanding of themselves and the world in which they live. Both engaging and rigorous, it 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.

Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

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Critical Theory Today

Critical Theory Today

Critical Theory Today

Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide

Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write About Literature

Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write About Literature

Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write about Literature

Psychological Politics of the American Dream: The Commodification of Subjectivity in Twentieth-Century American Literature (The Theory and Interpret)

Critical Theory Today : A User-Friendly Guide (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)