A classic survey of structuralist literary criticism combined with a discussion about how English and American criticism might benefit from its lessons.
With an emphasis on readers and reading, Jonathan Culler considered deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic,... Læs mere
Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well... Læs mere
Here this immensely influential twenty year old title is reissued due to its continuing relevance as a tool in understanding the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism.
A classic survey of structuralist literary criticism combined with a discussion about how English and American criticism might benefit from its lessons.
Includes new preface and additional bibliographical references.