Essential Readings in Literary Theory

Author: (French) Genette et al. / Yan Jia ed.
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book selects and translates important and cutting-edge discussions in literary theory from Western academia since the 1980s, particularly the new achievements related to modernity and postmodernity. The book is divided into five parts: Modern Advances in Traditional Problems of Literary Theory, Problems of Literary History and Classical Criticism, Expansion of the Space of Literary Theory and Criticism, "The End of Theory" and "Post-Theory," and Literary Theory and the "Identity" Problem. These articles and their authors have had a broad influence in contemporary Western academia.