Critical Theory Today : A User-Friendly Guide (9780367709426)

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 analysis of animals in literary studies, ecofeminism and an ecocritical reading of The Great Gatsby
* Considerable updates to the chapters on feminist theory, African American 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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 504 pages
• Dimensions 174 x 246mm
• Publication date 09 Jan 2023
• Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Imprint Routledge
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement 4th edition
• ISBN10 0367709422
• ISBN13 9780367709426

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