a very short introduction Culler, Jonathan D. creator Ohio Library and Information Network text bibliography Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2011 2nd ed., fully updated new ed 2nd ed., fully updated new ed monographic eng 1 online resource 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 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 Jonathan Culler Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index Available to OhioLINK libraries Criticism Literature History and criticism Theory, etc PN81 .C857 2011 801.95 CJL Culler, Jonathan D. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ℗♭2011 2nd ed., fully updated new ed. 0191619485 9780191619489 9780191778384 0191778389 https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780199691340.001.0001/actrade-9780199691340 http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780199691340.001.0001/actrade-9780199691340 https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780199691340.001.0001/actrade-9780199691340 http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780199691340.001.0001/actrade-9780199691340 Available to OhioLINK libraries UPM 110922 20220314160634.0 793601062 eng