000 00855 a2200169 4500
020 _a9780199691340
082 _a801.95
_bCUL
100 _aCuller, Jonathan
_950087
245 _aLiterary theory : a very short introduction
260 _bOxford University press
_c2011
_aNew Delhi
300 _axiv,165,vp.
505 _aCONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii What is theory? 1 What is literature and does it matter? 19 Literature and cultural studies 43 Language, meaning, and interpretation 56 Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry 70 Narrative 83 Performative language 95 Identity, identification, and the subject 109 Ethics and aesthetics 121 Appendix: Theoretical schools and movements 135 References 147 Further reading 155 Index 161
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