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An Introduction to Criticism

Literature - Film - Culture

Ryan, Michael

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1. Edition February 2012
206 Pages, Softcover
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This book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism; it enables students to build a critical framework and write analytically. Michael Ryan offers a thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice covering traditional approaches as well as more recent developments in criticism. Explanations of key works and major ideas in literary criticism and readings from contemporary critics round out this accessible text.

ISBN: 978-1-4051-8282-9
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An accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.
* Covers traditional approaches such as formalism and structuralism, as well as more recent developments in criticism such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticism
* Offers explanations of key works and major ideas in literary criticism and suggests key elements to look for in a literary text
* Also applies critical approaches to various examples from film studies
* Helps students to build a critical framework and write analytically

Preface: An Introduction to Critical Analysis
1. Formalism
2. Structuralism
3. Historical Criticism
4. Psychoanalysis and Psychology
5. Marxism and Political Criticism
6. Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction
7. Gender Criticism
8. Ethnic, Post-Colonial, and Transnational Criticism
9. Scientific Criticism
10. Film Studies
11. Cultural Studies
Summary: Theory for Beginners
Index
Michael Ryan teaches American Literature and Film Studies at Temple University, USA. He is the author of numerous publications, including Literary Theory: An Anthology, second edition (co-edited with Julie Rivkin, Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, second edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Cultural Studies: An Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), and Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

M. Ryan, Temple University, USA