An Introduction to Criticism
Literature - Film - Culture
(Sprache: Englisch)
Written in a highly accessible style, this book offers an up-to-date and thorough introduction to contemporary critical practice. Ranging engagingly from formalism and structuralism to psychology and history, the book also covers more recent developments in...
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Written in a highly accessible style, this book offers an up-to-date and thorough introduction to contemporary critical practice. Ranging engagingly from formalism and structuralism to psychology and history, the book also covers more recent developments in criticism, such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticism.An Introduction to Criticism offers a step-by-step approach to acquiring the skills to write analytically, and in doing so teaches readers how to think critically about the world and to become more aware of the cultural assumptions, values, and ideas on which they rely.
With practical examples, a focus on logical reasoning, and an innovative combination of literary, cultural, and film studies, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary and cultural criticism.
Written in a highly accessible style, this book offers an up-to-date and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice. Taking in traditional approaches from formalism and structuralism to psychology and history, it also covers more recent developments in criticism, such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticism.
An Introduction to Criticism offers a step-by-step approach to acquiring the skills to write analytically, and in doing so teaches readers how to think theoretically about the world and to become more aware of the cultural assumptions, values, and ideas on which they rely.
With practical examples, a focus on logical reasoning, and an innovative combination of literary and film studies, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.
An Introduction to Criticism offers a step-by-step approach to acquiring the skills to write analytically, and in doing so teaches readers how to think theoretically about the world and to become more aware of the cultural assumptions, values, and ideas on which they rely.
With practical examples, a focus on logical reasoning, and an innovative combination of literary and film studies, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „An Introduction to Criticism “
Preface: An Introduction to Critical Analysis1. Formalism
2. Structuralism
3. Historical Criticism
4. Psychoanalysis and Psychology
5. Marxism and Political Criticism
6. Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction
7. Gender Criticism
8. Ethnic, Post-Colonial, and Transnational Criticism
9. Scientific Criticism
10. Film Studies
11. Cultural Studies
Summary: Theory for Beginners
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Ryan
Michael Ryan teaches American Literature and Film Studies at Temple University, USA.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Ryan
- 2012, 208 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 23,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1405182830
- ISBN-13: 9781405182836
Sprache:
Englisch
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