Culler, Jonathan D. <br/><br/>
Literary theory :  a very short introduction / 
Jonathan Culler 
 - 2nd ed., fully updated new ed 2nd ed., fully updated new ed 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Very short introductions ;  4 .
 - Very short introductions. Very short introductions ;  4 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> Available to OhioLINK libraries 
<br/><br/> Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0191619485 9780191619489 9780191778384 0191778389 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criticism.<br/>Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN81  / .C857 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>801.95  / CJL