What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused ...
What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining respect for tradition and truth and encouraging suspicion about the political and psychological implications of cultural projects rather than admiration for great literature. Here, Jonathan Culler explains 'theory', not by describing warring 'schools' but by sketching key 'moves' theory has encouraged, and speaking directly about the implications of theory for thinking about literature, human identity, and the power of language. In this new edition Culler takes a look at new material, including the 'death of theory', the links between the theory of narrative and cognitive science, trauma theory, ecocriticism, and includes a new chapter on 'Ethics and aesthetics'. This lucid introduction is useful for anyone who has wondered what all the fuss is about or who wants to think about literature today.
作者简介
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Jonathan Culler 美国著名批评家，美国康奈尔大学英语与比较文学教授。著作主要包括《论解构：结构主义后的理论与批评》、《结构主义诗学》等。
Jacques Derrida's offers a reading or interpretation of texts,identifying a logic at work in a text.
Michel Foucault's claim is not based on texts--in fact he cites amazingly few actual documents or discourses -- but offers a general framework for thinking about texts and discourses in general...
he proposes to show us not how insightful or wise texts are,but how far the discourses of doctors, scientists, novelists, and others create the things they claim only to analyse.
Darrida shows how theoretical the literary works are, Foucault how creatively productive the discourses of knowledge are. (查看原文)
For Marxism, texts belong to a superstructure determined by the economic base(the real relations of production)
对于马克思主义来说，文本属于一种上层建筑，是由经济基础决定的。要解读文化产品，就必须把它们与基础联系起来。 (查看原文)
增补了第9章Ethics and aesthetics，并且在第1章加写了一节Death of theory or triumph of theory，在附录中更新了Queer theory又添写了Ecocriticism。道德原则和伦理思考之间的张力，很像伍尔夫笔下，生长于West End的少女去拜访Bloomsbury的朋友时，那一路自由的遐思。关于动物，关于机器，研究的底色，却是“we ha...增补了第9章Ethics and aesthetics，并且在第1章加写了一节Death of theory or triumph of theory，在附录中更新了Queer theory又添写了Ecocriticism。道德原则和伦理思考之间的张力，很像伍尔夫笔下，生长于West End的少女去拜访Bloomsbury的朋友时，那一路自由的遐思。关于动物，关于机器，研究的底色，却是“we have always been post-human, always other than image of the human suggested by humanism”。而最新的美学分类方式，便已是：the cute, the zany, and the merely interesting：）(展开)
增补了第9章Ethics and aesthetics，并且在第1章加写了一节Death of theory or triumph of theory，在附录中更新了Queer theory又添写了Ecocriticism。道德原则和伦理思考之间的张力，很像伍尔夫笔下，生长于West End的少女去拜访Bloomsbury的朋友时，那一路自由的遐思。关于动物，关于机器，研究的底色，却是“we ha...增补了第9章Ethics and aesthetics，并且在第1章加写了一节Death of theory or triumph of theory，在附录中更新了Queer theory又添写了Ecocriticism。道德原则和伦理思考之间的张力，很像伍尔夫笔下，生长于West End的少女去拜访Bloomsbury的朋友时，那一路自由的遐思。关于动物，关于机器，研究的底色，却是“we have always been post-human, always other than image of the human suggested by humanism”。而最新的美学分类方式，便已是：the cute, the zany, and the merely interesting：）(展开)
Mind that this is only the excerpts from this book, not a review.... C1 Theory 1. A theory can't be obvious, it involves complex relations of a systematic kind 2. Succeed in challenging and reorienting thinking in fields other than those to which they app...
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The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text or the experience of a reader. Meaning is an inescapable notion because it is not something simple or simply determined. It is simultaneously an experience of a subject and a property of a text. It is both what we understand and what in the text we try to understand. Arguments about m...
2017-04-30 09:29
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text or the experience of a reader. Meaning is an inescapable notion because it is not something simple or simply determined. It is simultaneously an experience of a subject and a property of a text. It is both what we understand and what in the text we try to understand. Arguments about meaning are always possible, and in that sense meaning is undecided, always to be decided, subject to decisions which are never irrevocable. If we must adopt some overall principle or formula, we might say that meaning is determined by context, since context includes rules of language, the situation of the author and the reader, and anything else that might conceivably be relevant. But if we say that meaning is context-bound, then we must add that context is boundless: there is no determining in advance what might count as relevant, what enlarging of context might be able to shift what we regard as the meaning of a text. Meaning is context-bound, but context is boundless.引自 Chapter 4 Language, meaning, and interpretation
The nature of literature Literature as the 'foregrounding' of language Literature as the integration of language Literature as fiction Literature as aesthetic object Literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct
2017-04-28 10:03
The nature of literature
Literature as the 'foregrounding' of language引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as the integration of language引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as fiction引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as aesthetic object引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?
Sample the pleasures of though. So what is theory? Four main points have emerged. 1. Theory is interdisciplinary - discourse with effects outside an original displine. 2. Theory is analytical and speculative - an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call sex or language or writing or meaning or the subject. 3 Theory is a critique of common sense, of concepts taken as natural. 4. Theo...
2017-04-27 10:57
Sample the pleasures of though.
So what is theory? Four main points have emerged.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?1. Theory is interdisciplinary - discourse with effects outside an original displine.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?2. Theory is analytical and speculative - an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call sex or language or writing or meaning or the subject.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?3 Theory is a critique of common sense, of concepts taken as natural.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?4. Theory is reflexive, thinking about thinking, enquiry into the categpries we use in making sense of things, in literature and in other discursive practices.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?
Sample the pleasures of though. So what is theory? Four main points have emerged. 1. Theory is interdisciplinary - discourse with effects outside an original displine. 2. Theory is analytical and speculative - an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call sex or language or writing or meaning or the subject. 3 Theory is a critique of common sense, of concepts taken as natural. 4. Theo...
2017-04-27 10:57
Sample the pleasures of though.
So what is theory? Four main points have emerged.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?1. Theory is interdisciplinary - discourse with effects outside an original displine.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?2. Theory is analytical and speculative - an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call sex or language or writing or meaning or the subject.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?3 Theory is a critique of common sense, of concepts taken as natural.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?4. Theory is reflexive, thinking about thinking, enquiry into the categpries we use in making sense of things, in literature and in other discursive practices.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text or the experience of a reader. Meaning is an inescapable notion because it is not something simple or simply determined. It is simultaneously an experience of a subject and a property of a text. It is both what we understand and what in the text we try to understand. Arguments about m...
2017-04-30 09:29
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text or the experience of a reader. Meaning is an inescapable notion because it is not something simple or simply determined. It is simultaneously an experience of a subject and a property of a text. It is both what we understand and what in the text we try to understand. Arguments about meaning are always possible, and in that sense meaning is undecided, always to be decided, subject to decisions which are never irrevocable. If we must adopt some overall principle or formula, we might say that meaning is determined by context, since context includes rules of language, the situation of the author and the reader, and anything else that might conceivably be relevant. But if we say that meaning is context-bound, then we must add that context is boundless: there is no determining in advance what might count as relevant, what enlarging of context might be able to shift what we regard as the meaning of a text. Meaning is context-bound, but context is boundless.引自 Chapter 4 Language, meaning, and interpretation
The nature of literature Literature as the 'foregrounding' of language Literature as the integration of language Literature as fiction Literature as aesthetic object Literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct
2017-04-28 10:03
The nature of literature
Literature as the 'foregrounding' of language引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as the integration of language引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as fiction引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as aesthetic object引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text or the experience of a reader. Meaning is an inescapable notion because it is not something simple or simply determined. It is simultaneously an experience of a subject and a property of a text. It is both what we understand and what in the text we try to understand. Arguments about m...
2017-04-30 09:29
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text or the experience of a reader. Meaning is an inescapable notion because it is not something simple or simply determined. It is simultaneously an experience of a subject and a property of a text. It is both what we understand and what in the text we try to understand. Arguments about meaning are always possible, and in that sense meaning is undecided, always to be decided, subject to decisions which are never irrevocable. If we must adopt some overall principle or formula, we might say that meaning is determined by context, since context includes rules of language, the situation of the author and the reader, and anything else that might conceivably be relevant. But if we say that meaning is context-bound, then we must add that context is boundless: there is no determining in advance what might count as relevant, what enlarging of context might be able to shift what we regard as the meaning of a text. Meaning is context-bound, but context is boundless.引自 Chapter 4 Language, meaning, and interpretation
The nature of literature Literature as the 'foregrounding' of language Literature as the integration of language Literature as fiction Literature as aesthetic object Literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct
2017-04-28 10:03
The nature of literature
Literature as the 'foregrounding' of language引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as the integration of language引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as fiction引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as aesthetic object引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?Literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct引自 Chapter 2 What is literature and does it matter?
Sample the pleasures of though. So what is theory? Four main points have emerged. 1. Theory is interdisciplinary - discourse with effects outside an original displine. 2. Theory is analytical and speculative - an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call sex or language or writing or meaning or the subject. 3 Theory is a critique of common sense, of concepts taken as natural. 4. Theo...
2017-04-27 10:57
Sample the pleasures of though.
So what is theory? Four main points have emerged.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?1. Theory is interdisciplinary - discourse with effects outside an original displine.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?2. Theory is analytical and speculative - an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call sex or language or writing or meaning or the subject.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?3 Theory is a critique of common sense, of concepts taken as natural.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?4. Theory is reflexive, thinking about thinking, enquiry into the categpries we use in making sense of things, in literature and in other discursive practices.引自 Chapter 1 What is theory?
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