The Literary in Theory 1st Edition by Jonathan Culler ISBN 0804753741 9780804753746

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ISBN 10: 0804753741

ISBN 13: 9780804753746

Author: Jonathan Culler 

Has theory neglected literature? Often literary and cultural theory, which goes by the nickname “Theory,” has seemed to be the theory of everything except literature: theory of language, of sexuality, of history, of the body, of the psyche, of meaning (or meaninglessness), of politics, but not theory of literature.

In this timely and wide-ranging book, Jonathan Culler, whose lucid analyses of structuralism, semiotics, and deconstruction have been prized by generations of readers, explores the place of the literary in theory. If theory has sometimes neglected literature, the literary has, Culler argues, retained a crucial if misunderstood role. Culler’s account of the fortunes of the literary in theory, of the resistance to theory, and of key theoretical concepts text, sign, interpretation, performative, and omniscience provides valuable insight into today’s theoretical debates; and his analysis of various disciplinary practices explores the possibilities of theory for the present and the future.

Table of contents:

Part I: Theory

1. The Literary in Theory
2. The Novel and the Nation
3. Resisting Theory

Part II: Concepts
4. Text: Its Vicissitudes
5. The Sign: Saussure and Derrida on Arbitrariness
6. The Performative
7. Interpretation: Defending “Overinterpretation”
8. Omniscience

Part III: Critical Practices
9. Bad Writing and Good Philosophy
10. Writing Criticism
11. Doing Cultural Studies
12. Comparative Literature, at Last

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