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The best books for studying literary and critical theory book. Five of the best books about literary theory interesting. When i was an undergrad, there were two different kinds of english majors. John sutherlands top 10 books about books books the guardian.

He has written numerous books on literature and a couple on himself notably a. But the rise of english literature as a university subject, at the beginning of the twentieth century, led to literary criticism focusing on english literature everything from shakespeare to contemporary literature being taken seriously. His first noteworthy book was the battle of the books. Which is the best book for english literary theory. So to be friends with literary theory be a part of our crash course and conquer the most dreaded enemy of ugc net english literary theory. Literary theory has the kind of racy readability that one associates more often with english critics who have set their faces. Another important work of jonathan swift is a modest proposal. One of the first books to introduce readers to the whole field of literary theory, eagletons book came out in 1983 and paved the way for later books on critical theory. The books listed below are some of the leading overviews of this. A very short introduction by jonathan culler, myth. Jonathan swift 16671745 is one of the greatest satirists of english literature. New criticism was a movement in literary theory that dominated american and had an impact on english literary criticism in the middle decades of the 20th century. Politically sontag was deinstitutionalising literary criticism tearing it. Examples of literary theory in a sentence, how to use it.

The 10 best literary theory and criticism books of 2020. An introduction 3rd edition this concise and lucid volume offers a satisfying survey of all. A tale of a tub is a religious allegory like bunyans pilgrims progress. Eagleton adopts a historical approach to the subject, telling the story of the rise of english studies in universities and situating literary theory within a clear historical. Most english literature students will encounter, at some point during their english degree, that strange beast known as literary theory. His longest and most famous work is gullivers travels. This hefty tome is a comprehensive anthology of literary theory and criticism. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. H owever, literary scholarship since the 19th century often includesin addition to, or even i nstead of literar y theory in the strict senseconsiderations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social prophecy, and other interdisciplinary themes which are of. Its chief critical strategy was close reading, particularly when discussing poetry, emphasizing that a work of literature functions as a selfcontained, self referential aesthetic object. A brief history of english literature literary theory. In the previous course, we have discussed literary criticism. Five of the best books about literary theory interesting literature. You can download this book by accessing this link literary theory.

Literary criticism and theory university of calicut. Mixed in there are many superb books on journalism, film criticism, and literary theory. The 10 best literary theory and criticism books of 2020 thoughtco. In this course, we will go through the basics of literary theory. Literar y the ory in a strict sense is the systematic study of the nature of liter ature and of the methods for anal yzing lit erature. Literary critic whose multidisciplinary perspective revealed the existential depth of fairytales and fantasy. An introduction by terry eagleton, literary theory. Literary criticism or even literary theory goes back as far as ancient greece, and aristotles poetics.