From Text To Theory - A Handbook Of Literary And Cultural Theory

Approaching theory through textual analysis, this handbook is a comprehensive guide to the prominent schools of thought in literary and cultural theory. It reverses the conventional instructional model of concept-to-example and starts with a literary or cultural text, analysing its way to the theoretical core. The works analysed range from the canonical to the contemporary and popular, covering both print and digital media. Each chapter is thus fashioned to familiarize the students with key ideas and terms of various schools of criticism.