Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction

Synopsis of Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction

«Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction» is Michael Ryan's literary theory textbook, published by Wiley-Blackwell in paperback (238 pages).

Overview of contemporary currents in literary and cultural analysis: formalism, structuralism, historicism, ethnic studies, gender studies, and global English. Using classic texts, it shows how each theoretical framework conditions reading and can yield very different interpretations of the same work.

Second edition, published in 2007. Text in English. Can be used independently or alongside Literary Theory: An Anthology.

Aimed at university students and those new to literary criticism, especially in introductory courses on theory and criticism.