Intro to Literature Criticism & Theory

Description Critically literarytheory is a core subject in the study of literature. but theory?especially when it takes the form of ''-isms''?can often beintimidating or boring for students. bennett & Royle haveavoided simply giving potted summaries of ''-isms'' and insteadpresent brief essays on a range of key critical concepts all ofwhich have more or less familiar names. These concepts are put intopractice through readings of particular literary texts. For Sale in Indiansubcontinent only A new chapter on Film. This chapter explores the ways in which literature helps us to think about film and correspondingly how studying film helps us to think about literature. A new chapter on Creative Writing . A new chapter on the Mutant: exploring general issues of mutation and mutability including environmental issues genetic engineering and cloning. A new chapter on War: exploring the questions ''what is war?'' ''what is war literature?'' and ''in what ways is literary or cultural theory itself at war?'' All existing chapters updated and revised in light of recent developments in the field. Updated and expanded further reading sections. The beginning Readers and reading The author The text and the world The uncanny Monuments Narrative Character Voice Figures and tropes Creative writing Laughter The tragic History Me Ghosts Moving pictures Sexual difference God Ideology Desire Queer Suspense Racial difference The colony Mutant The performative Secrets The postmodern Pleasure War The end Andrew Bennett is currently Professor of English at theUniversity of Bristol. He has also authored: ''Romantic Poets andthe Culture of Posterity'' (CUP) and ''Katherine Mansfield''(Northcote House 2003). Nicholas Royle is currently Professor of English at theUniversity of Sussex. He is the author of: ''The Uncanny: AnIntroduction'' (MUP) and ''Jacques Derrida'' in the Routledge CriticalThinkers Series.