Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction

by Ryan, Michael; Rivkin, Julie

• ISBN13: 9780631172758
• ISBN10: 0631172750
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Michael Ryan's comprehensive textbook on the practice of literary theory demonstrates how the full panoply of theoretical approaches can be used to read the same texts.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii	(2)
Acknowledgments	x
1 Formalism	1	(25)
1.1 Introduction	1	(5)
1.2 A Russian Formalist Reading of King Lear	6	(5)
1.3 Suggestions for a New Critical Reading of King Lear	11	(1)
1.4 A Formalist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "The Moose"	12	(12)
1.5 Suggestions for a Formalist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "At the Fishhouses"	24	(2)
2 Structuralism	26	(9)
2.1 Introduction	26	(3)
2.2 A Structuralist Reading of King Lear	29	(4)
2.3 Suggestions for a Structuralist Reading of "The Aspern Papers"	33	(1)
2.4 Suggestions for a Structuralist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "The Map"	34	(1)
3 Psychoanalysis	35	(17)
3.1 Introduction	35	(3)
3.2 A Psychoanalytic Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "In the Village" and "Sestina"	38	(6)
3.3 A Psychoanalytic Reading of The Bluest Eye	44	(5)
3.4 Suggestions for a Psychoanalytic Reading of King Lear	49	(1)
3.5 Suggestions for a Psychoanalytic Reading of "The Aspern Papers"	50	(2)
4 Marxism	52	(15)
4.1 Introduction	52	(2)
4.2 A Marxist Reading of King Lear	54	(8)
4.3 Suggestions for a Marxist Reading of "The Aspern Papers"	62	(2)
4.4 Suggestions for a Marxist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "A Miracle for Breakfast"	64	(1)
4.5 Suggestions for a Marxist Reading of The Bluest Eye	65	(2)
5 Post-Structuralism, Deconstruction, Post-Modernism	67	(34)
5.1 Introduction	67	(9)
5.2 A Post-Structuralist Reading of King Lear	76	(13)
5.3 A Post-Structuralist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "Crusoe in England"	89	(9)
5.4 Suggestions for a Post-Structuralist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance"	98	(1)
5.5 Suggestions for a Post-Structuralist Reading of The Bluest Eye	98	(3)
6 Feminism	101	(14)
6.1 Introduction	101	(3)
6.2 A Feminist Reading of "The Aspern Papers"	104	(9)
6.3 Suggestions for a Feminist Reading of King Lear	113	(1)
6.4 Suggestions for a Feminist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "Roosters"	113	(1)
6.5 Suggestions for a Feminist Reading of The Bluest Eye	114	(1)
7 Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Gay/Lesbian Studies	115	(13)
7.1 Introduction	115	(3)
7.2 A Gender Reading of King Lear	118	(8)
7.3 Suggestions for a Gender Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "In the Waiting Room"	126	(1)
7.4 Suggestions for a Gender Reading of The Bluest Eye	127	(1)
8 Historicism	128	(19)
8.1 Introduction	128	(3)
8.2 An Historicist Reading of King Lear	131	(8)
8.3 Suggestions for an Historicist Reading of "The Aspern Papers"	139	(3)
8.4 Suggestions for an Historicist Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "Twelve O'Clock News"	142	(2)
8.5 Suggestions for an Historicist Reading of The Bluest Eye	144	(3)
9 Ethnic, Post-Colonial, and International Studies	147	(9)
9.1 Introduction	147	(2)
9.2 A Post-Colonial Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "Brazil, January 1, 1502"	149	(5)
9.3 Suggestions for an Ethnic Studies Reading of Elizabeth Bishop's "Faustina, or Rock Roses"	154	(1)
9.4 Suggestions for an Ethnic Studies Reading of The Bluest Eye	155	(1)
Index	156