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Culler, Jonathan D.

Literary theory : a very short introduction / Jonathan Culler. - 2nd ed., fully updated new ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. - xiv, 165 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 4. . - Very short introductions ; 4. Very short introductions. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index.

What is theory? -- What is literature and does it matter? -- Literature and cultural studies -- Language, meaning, and interpretation -- Rhetoric, poetics, and poetry -- Narrative -- Performative language -- Identity, identification, and the subject -- Ethics and aesthetics -- Appendix : Theoretical schools and movements.

ISBN: 9780199691340 (pbk.) 0199691347 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2011500104

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB136581 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015775789 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criticism.
Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Criticism.
Literature--Theory, etc.
Literaturtheorie

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PN81 / .C857 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 801.95