Theory of Literature

Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?

Fry engages with the major themes and strands in twentieth-century literary theory, among them hermeneutics, modes of formalism, semiotics and Structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalytic approaches, Marxist and historicist approaches, theories of social identity, Neo-pragmatism and theory. By incorporating philosophical and social perspectives to connect these many trends, the author offers readers a coherent overall context for a deeper and richer reading of literature.

Author: Paul H. Fry
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 04/24/2012
Series: Open Yale Courses
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.38w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780300180831