The third edition of Literary Criticism：An Introduction to Theory and Practiceby Charles E. Bressler presents the eleven basicschools of twentieth-century literary theory andcriticism in their historical and philosophicalcontexts. Unlike other introduction to literarycriticism， this text explores the philosophicalassumptions of each school of criticism， providesa clear methodology for writing essays according to each schools beliefs and tenets， andfeatures accessible student-generated sample essays.
作者簡(jiǎn)介
暫缺《文學(xué)批評(píng)》作者簡(jiǎn)介
圖書(shū)目錄
Forewordix . To the Readerxii 1 Defining Criticism， Theory， and Literature1 Eavesdropping on a Literature Classroom1 Can a Text Have More Than One Interpretation? How to Become a Literary Critic3 What Is Literary Criticism?4 What Is Literary Theory?6 Making Meaning from Text7 The Reading Process and Literary Theory8 What Is Literature?10 Literary Theory and the Definition of Literature12 The Function of Literature and Literary Theory13 Beginning the Formal Study of Literary Theory14 Further Reading15 2 A Historical Survey of Literary Criticism16 Introduction16 Plato (ca. 427-347 s.c.)16 Aristotle (384-322 s.c.)18 Horace (65-8 B.c.)21 Longinus (First Century A.D.)22 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)23 Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)24 John Dryden (1631-1700)24 Alexander Pope (1688-1744)25 William Wordsworth (1770-1850)26 Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828-1893)29 Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)30 Henry James (1843-1916)32 Modem Literary Criticism34 Further Reading35 3 New Criticism37 Introduction37 Historical Development39 Assumptions42 Methodology45 Questions for Analysis48 Sample Essay48 Further Reading49 Web Sites for Exploration49 Student Essay: Dale Schuurman， Keatss "To Autumn": Verses of Praise for a Malicious Season?50 4 Reader-Response Criticism. 55 Introduction55 Historical Development57 Assumptions61 Methodology63 Questions for Analysis69 Sample Essay70 Further Reading70 Web Sites for Exploration71 Student Essay: Jennifer Douglas， "Ethan Brands" Challenge to Me72 5 Structuralism75 Introduction75 Historical Development76 Assumptions82 Methodologies84 Questions for Analysis89 Sample Essay89 Further Reading90 Web Sites for Exploration90 Student Essay: Conie Krause， Will the Real Walter Mitty Please Wake Up: A Structuralists View of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"91 6 Deconstruction94 Structuralism and Poststructuralism: Two Views of the World94 Modernity96 Poststructuralism or Postmodernism98 Historical Development100 Assumptions104 Methodology107 American Deconstructors113 Questions for Analysis114 Sample Essay114 Further Reading115 Web Sites for Exploration115 Student Essay: Jennifer Douglas， Deconstructing a "Real" House116 7 Psychoanalytic Criticism119 Introduction119 Historical Development121 Assumptions132 Methodologies133 Questions for Analysis135 Sample Essay136 Further Reading136 Web Sites for Exploration137 Student Essay: David Johnson， A Psychoanalytic Approach to Poes "The City in the Sea"137 8 Feminism142 Introduction142 Historical Development144 Assumptions153 Methodology154 Questions for Analysis156 Sample Essay156 Further Reading157 Web Sites for Exploration157 Student Essay: Lori Huth， Throwing Off the Yoke: "Rip Van Winkle" and Women158 9 Marxism161 Introduction161 Historical Development162 Assumptions170 Methodology172 Questions for Analysis173 Sample Essay174 Further Reading174 Web Sites for Exploration175 Student Essay: Juanita Wolfe， Baking Bread for the Bourgeoisie ..175 10 Cultural Poetics179 or New Historicism Introduction179 Historical Development181 Assumptions185 Methodology188 Questions for Textual Analysis190 Questions for Analysis191 Sample Essay191 Further Reading191 Web Sites for Exploration192 Student Essay: Krista Adlhock， Hawthornes Understanding of History in "The Maypole of Merry Mount"193 11 Cultural Studies197 Introduction197 Postcolonialism: "The Empire Writes Back"199 Historical Development of Postcolonialism200 Assumptions of Postcolonialist Theory202 Methodology204 Questions for Analysis205 Postcolonialism and African American Criticism205 Gender Studies: New Directions in Feminism208 Sample Essay209 Further Reading209 Web Sites for Exploration210 Student Essay: Wendy Rader， "The Gentlemen of the Jungle": Or Are They Beasts?211 Literary Selections214 John Keats， "To Autumn"214 Nathaniel Hawthorne， "Ethan Brand"215 James Thurber， "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"228 Sandra Cisneros， "The House on Mango Street"232 Edgar Allan Poe， "The City in the Sea"233 Washington Irving， "Rip Van Winkle"235 Tony Harrison， "Marked with D."248 Nathaniel Hawthorne， "The Maypole of Merry Mount" 248 Jomo Kenyatta， "The Gentlemen of the Jungle"256 Glossary260 References289 Credits312 Credits312 Index314
鄂公網(wǎng)安備 42010302001612號(hào) 