Literary Theory - Mustafa, Wael;El-Ateek, Shaimaa
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This book seeks to introduce readers of literature to some of the most important schools of literary theory and criticism in the 20th Century that have had significant impact on the study of literature. In each chapter, we explore and investigate the philosophical framework and the intellectual background informing the school in question as well as its main figures, its central tenets and main interpretative strategies. We look in particular for the distinctive perspective of each school regarding the definition of the nature of the relationship between text and reality, the nature of the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book seeks to introduce readers of literature to some of the most important schools of literary theory and criticism in the 20th Century that have had significant impact on the study of literature. In each chapter, we explore and investigate the philosophical framework and the intellectual background informing the school in question as well as its main figures, its central tenets and main interpretative strategies. We look in particular for the distinctive perspective of each school regarding the definition of the nature of the relationship between text and reality, the nature of the relationship between the text and its author (the question of authorship); and the nature of the relationship linking literary theories to each other.
Autorenporträt
Wael M. Mustafa lectures in Literary Theory at Fayoum University, Egypt. His main research interests are in postmodern literary theory; postcolonial translation studies; literary journalism; eco-criticism; spatial literary theory; and Post-postmodern literary theory. Recent publications include a book entitled The Politics of Subversion (2010).