Complete Guide to Literary Analysis and Theory

A Complete Guide to Literary Analysis and Theory offers an accessible introduction to all the current approaches to literary analysis. Ranging from Stylistics and Historicism to Post-humanism and New Materialism, it also includes chapters on Media Studies and Screen Studies.

List of contents

1. Formalism 2. Stylistics 3. Historicism 4. Philosophy 5.Psychology 6. Marxism 7. Structuralism, Semiology, Postmodernism 8. Gender 9. Ethnicity 10. Global Studies 11. Post-Humanism, Environmental Humanities, New Materialism 12. Science 13. Politics 14. Media Studies 15. Screen Studies

About the author

Michael Ryan is the author of several textbooks in literary and screen studies including Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction and An Introduction to Film Analysis. He is co-editor, with Julie Rivkin, of Literary Theory: An Anthology.

Summary

A Complete Guide to Literary Analysis and Theory offers an accessible introduction to all the current approaches to literary analysis. Ranging from Stylistics and Historicism to Post-humanism and New Materialism, it also includes chapters on Media Studies and Screen Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ryan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032305028
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230502-8
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary theory