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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Daphne Patai and Wilfrido Corral Klappentext Not too long ago! literary theorists were writing about the death of the novel and the death of the author; today many are talking about the death of Theory. Theory! as the many theoretical ism's (among them postcolonialism! postmodernism! and New Historicism) are now known! once seemed so exciting but has become ossified and insular. This iconoclastic collection is an excellent companion to current anthologies of literary theory! which have embraced an uncritical stance toward Theory and its practitioners. Written by nearly fifty prominent scholars! the essays in Theory's Empire question the ideas! catchphrases! and excesses that have let Theory congeal into a predictable orthodoxy. More than just a critique! however! this collection provides readers with effective tools to redeem the study of literature! restore reason to our intellectual life! and redefine the role and place of Theory in the academy. Zusammenfassung Not too long ago! literary theorists were writing about the death of the novel and the death of the author; today many are talking about the death of Theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Theory RisingIntroduction1. Theory! What Theory?! by Valentine Cunningham2. Destroying Literary Studies! by Rene Wellek3. Traveling Through American Criticism! by Tzvetan Todorov4. The Rise and Fall of "Practical Criticism": From I. A. Richards to Barthes and Derrida! by Morris Dickstein5. The Power and Limits of Literary Theory! by Richard Freadman and Seumas Miller6. Is Theory to Blame?! by John M. Ellis7. Theory! Theories! and Principles! by Denis DonoghuePart II. Linguistic TurnsIntroduction8. The Linguistic Unconscious: Saussure and the Post-Saussureans! by Raymond Tallis9. Literary Theory and Its Discontents! by John R. Searle10. The Quandaries of the Referent! by Vincent Descombes11. The Great Dichotomy! by Wendell V. Harris12. The Deconstructive Angel! by M. H. AbramsPart III. Empire BuildingIntroduction13. The Grand Academy of Theory! by Frederick Crews14. Theorrhea and Kulturkritik! by J. G. Merquior15. Masters and Demons! by Brian Vickers16. The Debate Over the Wartime Writings of Paul de Man: The Language of Setting the Record Straight! by Alan B. Spitzer17. Presentism: Postmodernism! Poststructuralism! Postcolonialism! by Graham Good18. Preface for a Post-Postcolonial Criticism! by Erin O'ConnorPart IV. Theory as a ProfessionIntroduction19. Author! Author! Reconstructing Roland Barthes! by Clara Claiborne Park20. The French Intellectual Habitus and Literary Culture! by Niilo Kauppi21. Social Constructionism: Philosophy for the Academic Workplace! by Mark Bauerlein22. Bad Writing! by D. G. Myers23. Everyman an
