How to do theory

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Title:

How to do theory

Author:

Iser, Wolfgang.

ISBN:

9781405115803

9781405115797

Personal Author:

Iser, Wolfgang.

Publication Information:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Physical Description:

x, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

How to study literature

Series Title:

How to study literature

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Phenomenological theory : Ingarden -- 3. Hermeneutical theory : Gadamer -- 4. Gestalt theory : Gombrich -- 5. Reception theory : Iser -- 6. Semiotic theory : Eco -- 7. Psychoanalytical theory : Ehrenzweig -- 8. Marxist theory : Williams -- 9. Deconstruction : Miller -- 10. Anthropological theory : Gans -- 11. Dewey's Art as experience -- 12. Showalter's "toward a feminist poetics" -- 13. Theory in perspective -- 14. Postscript - postcolonial discourse : Said -- App. A. John Keats, Ode on a Grecian urn -- App. B. Edmund Spenser, "Februarie : Aegloga Secunda" from the Shepheardes calender -- App. C. T. S. Eliot, "The fire sermon" from The waste land.

Abstract:

"Using classic literary texts, including Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender, and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Iser shows what a work of art looks like if viewed in terms of each of the theories concerned. He presents the different theories objectively, leaving it up to readers to decide which, if any, they subscribe to. In this way, he defuses students' fear of theory and demonstrates the potential of different theories for interpreting texts."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Literature -- Philosophy.

Criticism.

Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.

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Summary

This succinct introduction to modern theories of literature and the arts demonstrates how each theory is built and what it can accomplish.
Represents a wide variety of theories, including phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, anthropological theory, and feminist theory.
Uses classic literary texts, such as Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Spenser's The Shephearde's Calender and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land to illustrate his explanations.
Includes key statements by the major proponents of each theory.
Presents the different theories objectively, allowing students to decide which if any, they subscribe to.
Gives students a sense of the potential of theory.
Includes a glossary of technical terms.