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BARTHES A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION by CULLER JONATHAN
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions
This acclaimed short study, originally published in 1983, and now thoroughly updated, elucidates the varied theoretical contributions of Roland Barthes (1915-80), the 'incomparable enlivener of the literary mind' whose lifelong fascination was with the way people make their world intelligible. He has a ...Show more
Literary Theory : a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions
What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study ...Show more
Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics and the Study of Literature by Jonathan D. Culler
Category: Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics
A work of technical skill as well as literary merit, Structuralist Poetics was awarded the 1975 James Russell Lowell Prize of the Modern Language Association. It was during the writing of this book that Culler developed his now famous and complex theory of poetics and narrative, which he makes clear wit ...Show more
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