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Zusatztext 87518411 Informationen zum Autor Richard J. Lane is a professor of English at Vancouver Island University, Canada, where he is the Director of The Literary Theory Research Group and the Seminar for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. He has written several books and articles on literary theory and has experience of teaching and presenting on literary theory at universities across the US, Canada and the UK. Klappentext Global Literary Theory: An Anthology comprises a selection of classic, must-read essays alongside contemporary and global extracts, providing an engaging and timely overview of literary theory. The volume is thoroughly introduced in the General Introduction and Part Introductions and each piece is contextualized within the wider sphere of global theory. Each part also includes annotated suggestions for further reading to help the reader navigate the extensive literature on each topic.The volume engages with the "internationalizing" of the curriculum as well as the globalization of literature and theory.Alongside these key themes, the volume also extends its coverage to include:The core topics and theorists from formalism and structuralism to postmodernism and deconstructionDigital humanities and humanities computing and their relevance to globalization and literary theoryThe religious turn in literary theory and philosophyNew textualities such as auto/biography, travel writing and ecocriticismOppositional texts which "write back" against the canon In addition, the book's Companion Website features an interactive world map incorporating biographies of every theorist in the book, as well as biographies of additional influential theorists. Crucially, this anthology shows that ethnic, postcolonial studies and globalization are not simply niche areas of literary study but are of concern across the contemporary humanities and that new voices are always emerging, and being discovered, from around the globe. As such, this volume offers a refocusing of essential literary theory, extending the canon in line with ongoing debates concerning contemporary cultural and geographic borders. Zusammenfassung Global Literary Theory: An Anthology comprises a selection of classic, must-read essays alongside contemporary and global extracts, providing an engaging and timely overview of literary theory. The volume is thoroughly introduced in the General Introduction and Section Introductions and each piece is contextualised within the wider sphere of global theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1 - Formalism, Structuralism a. Section Introduction b. Extracts: 1.1 Shklovsky, Viktor, "Art as Technique" from Russian Formalist Criticism: Four Essays. 1.2 Propp, Vladimir, "Morphology of the Folk-Tale", from Morphology of the Folk-Tale . 1.3 Da Silva, Francisco Vaz, "Red as Blood, White as Snow, Black as Crow: Chromatic Symbolism of Womanhood in Fairy Tales", from Marvels & Tales , 21.2. 1.4 Saussure, F.de., "Nature of the Linguistic Sign", from Course in General Linguistics . 1.5 Jakobson, Roman, "Two Aspects of Language", from On Language . 1.6 Barthes, Roman, "Myth Today", from Mythologies . 1.7 Kristeva, Julia, "The Semiotic Activity," Screen 14.1-2. Section 2 - Deconstruction & Poststructuralism a. Section Introduction b. Extracts: 2.1 Ahluwalia, Pal, "Derrida", from Out Of Africa: Poststructuralism’s Colonial Roots . 2.2 Derrida, Jacques, "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourses of the Human Sciences", from Writing and Difference . 2.3 Poovey, Mary, "Feminism and Deconstruction", from Feminist Studies , 14.1...
