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Beginning theory ness Univers ese ry toe "Roxio i serie of aks dso ge psa ep a crolewe hernia rent deerpmei is gl ere ‘Sta ond Cael Sta Teka be sees peer wine oe tc mount ata teh ite ‘“Tulshew hvala? ot wrod igs eos lth sp at west, Cnn mee cas onc oan ‘Blea Gri: ml Heath Sta aur ond even Pate eyaing Stacspas Sb ieee Td Beginning theory An introduction to literary and cultural theory Third edition Peter Barry Manchester Universi Press hin i ain ono mh ha Sal ie yn i ets Pe eae essere avd prt itn thie ee Yi bh so ew 35, eve Cnt ech Moca tO Conte Contents Acknovfedgements Preface tothe second edition Profuse rahe chin edition nnensinetion buat tie book, “Appronching thous Mig min stck-taking™ 1 ‘Theory hetate theary*—Theral humasian, The histiny af Kreg sai “Fen tenets ul ber] humana Literary theeising from Arist to oars some key moments ihegal humanism i peasice The rations bea Some recurrent ideas in crcl hooey Selected reading 2 Sumenunaisn Siructuralist chickens ual bee vena ees Sizms of the fathers ~ Sauanure ‘The sope of stcturaism Wha structural sete dy Stencturale cisco: examaples Selocted reading Post-roructuralisn snd decoustruction ‘Some theoreti filleronces between strucewalism and past-sructuraira Posrsteuctucaisy~ life ona decentred plane: Srmeroraigm and pet-serucrovtiant = scame area llrevens, ‘What post structurale erties do Deconsteucton: an example Selected reading Poxtenadernisn hs pus ‘Landmarks’ in psteoderniss ~ Taber, Tynan and Tinudllara| War pastmodersis eritios do acini ition: a8 sxamphe Selected een Peychuanallytic critisism TIneraduetion Ho Fieushan iterpreration works Ficud and evidense ‘Wha Erenciae pyc Gieerites do Treudian psychonnaleic eit: examples Lacan ‘What |aanian erties dn (scunian ‘Select rencing reba. au espe Feminist criticism Fenuniin and feminist enreiom nis evr a te ef Ue evi ets al engage yaderniom Wha +s moslernism? ‘Pein crisis and payee hae feminia erties ao Feminist ein an eaegle Selevted reading 7 Tessin fgay csiticison Lesbian atl gay theory Lesbian feminiare ‘Queer theory Whar lesbian /pay entice dn Teshian quencies an example Selected renting 4 Marxist criticism, Heginaings and basi of Marxism IMarsist ierary evr iia: genstl Lesinise Mars eiiism Engelsian’ Marsal criiiors ‘The present: the indence of Althusser ‘Whar Marcia ris do M4 Selected reading in eric a cx 9 New historicism and cultural materialism. ‘Nev histoticism Nev and nl hisoviciess ~ ame dfecences [Nos histori aad Hic Acdvanlaes aud disndvactages ol ues histories ‘hut new histories do Nev hitman exile (Gla tein Theis cutued wea dierent Gan nese ‘istorii? 178 \whar cultural materialise eines do 180 ‘Culnaral saateriaism. an cxamp.¢ 1% Soleo read 1 w rr B Postenlanial oriiciars Bredgeuun Postcolonial reing ‘what pastenlonal erie lo ostelnial viii: an example Selected renting, Seylisicn Sevier a thooty o prac {8 ete hierorieal acenune: fam zeta, phil a Hgts ite, tunes sists Hors dees sities dite Gam tandard ‘hae reading? Tacaoiirian af rites Wh site vii Strict examples Nowe Selec seuding Narewalege “Dillng sori, Aristotle Vadis Pope Gerard loner “Toined up" nareacogy hu narrates de Narrtology: an example Selected cending everisicéan Beveriv'sm or giotu studies? Care sal mative ‘Taming ertciom inside out What ecoerties da 185 135 1 in we 194 6 196 enriicemy: at exile ‘Slested reading 14 Literary theary—a history in ten events The uy Universi Caference on Seve, 1988 262 ‘The Johns Hophins University internation! spmposium, 1965, 265 ‘he tublietion of Desecration ana Critic IT 2 “The MacCabe Asin “YT 268 ‘The publicnion of Eagleun's Litrary Tso. ‘x Fntrdacton, AS at 4 Hilis airs VLA presdonrial addess, 198 773 le Sirtldyda Univesity igi ot ‘Weiting?continen, 1986 256 ‘The soandal oer Paul de Man's seine writs, 198786 ea Jean Baudrila and “Phe Gul We never happen 1996 231 The Sokal Affric 1995 234 15 Theory after ‘Theoty? 27 esate of theory 2st Preseatism 201 Prevention in practice 285 New aesthetician 299 ‘Neve acstheticism in practice or Whar to ea on new aeatetision 307 Cognitive puotes 308 ‘Cngnitive pustos in practice 32 ‘What to read cn copmicve poets 37 Appendices 318 Ayes 1 Fagar Maw Boe, Phe Orla! 8 -Sppeulix? Dylan Thun, Refusal wv Mourn the Death, by Fire of a Chil in London’ 321 Appendix 3 Wiliam Comper,‘The Castrmay! 20 Where de we go from here? Further reading Geers guides Reference boobs ‘General readers Sls eiialehency ele carly example Against teeny Tales