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Grounded in the close reading of landmark theoretical texts, while seeking to encourage the reader’s critical response, Pelagia Goulimari examines:  \n􀀂 major thinkers and critics from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Said and Butler;  \n􀀂 key concepts, themes and schools in the history of literary theory: mimesis, inspiration, reason and emotion, the self, the relation of literature to history, society, culture and ethics; feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, queer theory;  \n􀀂 genres and movements in literary history: epic, tragedy, comedy, the novel; Romanticism, realism, modernism and postmodernism.  \nHistorical connections between theorists and theories are traced and the book is generously cross-referenced. With useful features such as key-point conclusions, further reading sections, descriptive text boxes, detailed headings, and a comprehensive index, this book is the ideal introduction to anyone approaching literary theory for the first time or unfamiliar with the scope of its history.  \nPelagia Goulimari is a member of the English Faculty of the University of Oxford, where she lectures on literary theory, and a former convenor of Oxford’s graduate programme in Women’s Studies. She is general editor of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. Her publications include Postmodernism: What Moment? (2007) and Toni Morrison (2009) .  \n“Pelagia Goulimari sets a new standard for reading theory in context, introducing and summarizing theories and theorists without being reductive, contextualizing the broad intellectual and aesthetic movements from which theory emerges, while constantly keeping the focus on deep literary critical understanding. The critical readings are wonderfully fresh and insightful, with constant illumination of the theory through reference to literary authors such as Beckett, Woolf, and Morrison. This truly is a fresh and lively reading of the theoretical scene, offering inspirational insight for beginners and more experienced critics alike.”  \nRichard Lane, Vancouver Island University, Canada  \n“Incredibly useful, and a miracle of concision. A one volume account of over 2,500 years of literary criticism that manages to be both informative and readable. I will recommend it to all my students.”  \nJohn McGowan, University of North Carolina, USA, co-editor of the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism  \n“Amongst the many texts seeking to introduce readers to literary theory, Pelagia Goulimari’s Literary Criticism and Theory stands out for its careful and patient reading of critical texts, admirably weaving together older and more recent traditions in a way that helps make coherent sense of the lines of filiation that run through Western and postcolonial understandings of the literary.”  \nJohn Frow, University of Sydney, Australia  \nLiterary Criticism and Theory  \nFrom Plato to postcolonialism  \nPelagia Goulimari  \nFirst published 2015  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada  \nby Routledge  \n711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Pelagia Goulimari  \nThe right of Pelagia Goulimari to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 .  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nTrademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi","cbCaij5VT5mjCsuv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij5VT5mjCsuv","pdf",2246993,387,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## Mime-sis: Plato and the poet\n## Aristotle and tragedy: from Poetics to postcolonial tragedy\n## Medieval and Renaissance criticism: from mimesis to creation\n## The Enlightenment and Romanticism: reason and imagination\n## Modernity, multiplicity and becoming\n## Freud and psychoanalytic criticism: the self in fragments\n## Defamiliarization, alienation, dialogism and montage\n## Decentering modernisms: newness, tradition, culture and society\n## Twentieth-century North American criticism: close reading to interpretation, modernism to postmodernism, History to histories\n## Poetry and hermeneutics, critique and dissonant composition, freedom and situation\n## From structuralism to poststructuralism: text, power, minor literature, deconstruction\n## Poststructuralist deviations: mimicry, resignification, contrapuntal reading, the subaltern, Signifyin(g), hybridity\n## Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What time span does the book cover?\",\"answer\":\"It presents an introduction from ancient Greece to the present, outlining major stages in the development of literary criticism and theory.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book approach learning the subject?\",\"answer\":\"It is grounded in close reading of landmark theoretical texts and is designed to encourage the reader’s critical response.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major theoretical movements and themes are included?\",\"answer\":\"It covers key concepts and schools such as feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and queer theory, along with themes like mimesis and the relation of literature to history, society, culture, and ethics.\"}]","Literary Criticism and Theory - Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism | PDF",1789779351,596]