9780415506755-0415506751-Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide

Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide

ISBN-13: 9780415506755
ISBN-10: 0415506751
Edition: 3
Author: Lois Tyson
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 486 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780415506755
ISBN-10: 0415506751
Edition: 3
Author: Lois Tyson
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 486 pages

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Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide (ISBN-13: 9780415506755 and ISBN-10: 0415506751), written by authors Lois Tyson, was published by Routledge in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $4.25.

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This thoroughly updated third 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 and postcolonial criticism.

This new edition features:

  • a major expansion of the chapter on postcolonial criticism that includes topics such as Nordicism, globalization and the ‘end’ of postcolonial theory, global tourism and global conservation
  • an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and 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.

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