Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory: Contemporary Western Literary Theory

Author: (British) Terry Eagleton
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book is one of the important works of the renowned British critic Terry Eagleton. It concisely introduces various theoretical schools of the latter half of the 20th century, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, reception theory, structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, and feminism. It outlines the main lines of contemporary Western academic theory for readers. This book is a must-read for Western college students studying literary criticism and theory, and is clear and easy to understand, hailed as the "popular edition" of critical theory.