{"product_id":"9780415506755","title":"Critical Theory Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis classic guide offers a thorough and accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian\/gay\/queer theory, African-American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters offer:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ean extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea list of specific questions critics ask about literary texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ean interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth engaging and rigorous, this is a \"how-to\" book for undergraduate and graduate students new to critical theory and for college professors who want to broaden their repertoire of critical approaches to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew to this edition:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA major update of the chapter on postcolonial criticism with the addition of sections on postcolonial ecocriticism (\"postcolonial green\"), postcolonial feminism, and nordicism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe addition of a section on rhetorical reader-response criticism to the reader-response chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe addition of a section on the work of Michel Foucault to the chapter on new historical criticism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn update of each chapter's bibliographies for further reading.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdates and clarifications of theoretical vocabulary and examples throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355968065708,"sku":"9780415506755","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/25547903482335.jpg?v=1781630468","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9780415506755","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}