Theory of literature / Paul H. Fry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fry, Paul H.

Series:

Open Yale courses series.

The open Yale courses series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Semiotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 the hermeneutic circle, New Criticism, structuralism, linguistics and literature, Freud and fiction, Jacques Lacan's theories, the postmodern psyche, the political unconscious, New Historicism, the classical feminist tradition, African American criticism, queer theory, and gender performativity. 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Prehistory And Rise Of "Theory"

2. Introduction Continued: Theory And Functionalization

3. Ways In And Out Of The Hermeneutic Circle

4. Configurative Reading

5. The Idea Of The Autonomous Artwork

6. The New Criticism And Other Western Formalisms

7. Russian Formalism

8. Semiotics And Structuralism

9. Linguistics And Literature

10. Deconstruction I: Jacques Derrida

11. Deconstruction II: Paul de Man

12. Freud And Fiction

13. Jacques Lacan In Theory

14. Influence

15. The Postmodern Psyche

16. The Social Permeability Of Reader And Text

17. The Frankfurt School Of Critical Theory

18. The Political Unconscious

19. The New Historicism

20. The Classical Feminist Tradition

21. African American Criticism

22. Postcolonial Criticism

23. Queer Theory And Gender Performativity

24. The Institutional Construction Of Literary Study

25. The End Of Theory? Neo-Pragmatism

26. Conclusion: Who Doesn't Hate Theory Now?

Appendix: Passages Referenced In Lectures

Notes

The Varieties Of Interpretation: A Guide To Further Reading In Literary Theory

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613600806

9781280571206

1280571209

9780300183368

0300183364

OCLC:

785390432