Theory of Literature

by Fry, Paul H.
ISBN: 9780300180831
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Overview

Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?

Fry engages with the major themes and strands in twentieth-century literary theory, among them hermeneutics, modes of formalism, semiotics and Structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalytic approaches, Marxist and historicist approaches, theories of social identity, Neo-pragmatism and theory. By incorporating philosophical and social perspectives to connect these many trends, the author offers readers a coherent overall context for a deeper and richer reading of literature.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Fry, Paul H.
  • ISBN: 9780300180831
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.26 x 1.03
  • Number Of Pages: 400
  • Publication Year: 2012
Language: English

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