02871cam a2200469 a 4500 BJBSDDR 20231020105409.0 ta 120911s2013 inua 001 0 eng d 9781615642410 (pbk.) 1615642412 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn795168026 BTCTA eng BJBSDDR eng lccopycat PN 86 V469c 2013 801/.95 Venturino, Steven J. 32657 The complete idiot's guide to literary theory and criticism / by Steven J. Venturino. Literary theory and criticism Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books c2013. xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Complete idiot's guide Includes index. Basic ingredients and useful terms. It's just a theory ; What's the word for that, again? -- In theory, how do you read? New criticism looks very closely ; Russian formalism fixates on the machinery ; Reader-response criticism watches itself ; Aristotle and friends plot the course -- What is literature, anyway? Plato's fundamental gripe against literature ; The Romantics get defensive ; Marx sees through the material world ; Freud sees a symptom ; Saussure and science settle into a good read -- Hey, whose book is this? Feminist theories change the game ; Gender and queer theories read desire ; Ethnic studies changes the key ; Disability studies get physical -- Try to watch your language. Structuralism senses a pattern here ; Deconstruction says it's not what you think ; Psychology brings linguistics to the couch -- Into the world and of the world. Cultural studies tries to ruin a good time ; History gets literary ; Postcolonial criticism flaunts the fashions ; Ecocriticism offers a word from our sponsor. From Plato to Freud to ecocriticism, this helpful guide gives you everything you need to know to really understand literature, as well as references to and quotations from novels, stories, poems, plays, and more. Criticism. Crítica 16198 Crítica literaria 126 Literature History and criticism Theory, etc. Literatura Historia y crítica 752 Literature Appreciation. Apreciación literaria 23762 Ecocriticism. Ecocrítica 32658 Complete idiot's guide 32654 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1313/2012949208-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1313/2012949208-d.html 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 119974 119974 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-07-27 0 PN 86 V469c 2013 00000171926 2023-07-27 00:00:00 1 2023-07-27 BK