{"product_id":"modern-literary-theory-and-ancient-texts-9781405153751","title":"Modern Literary Theory and Ancient Texts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies theoretical approaches to examples from ancient literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensive bibliographies and index make it a valuable resource for scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major aspect of this book is Schmitz's refreshing modesty and candour.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Classical Association of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2009)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  “…a clear and engaging introduction to some of the most important areas of modern literary theorizing.  What sets this apart from a simple introduction, however, is the way that the general theoretical position outlined in each chapter is keyed into the context of modern classical studies…a useful book and one that can be strongly recommended to undergraduates and even intrepid sixth-formers…” (\u003ci\u003eGreece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol 55 No. 2 2008)  \u003cp\u003e“Brief description of theoretical approaches …[in] frank manner of discourse … Schmitz tries to help students understand the concepts he explains.” (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As a reference guide, a bibliographical resource and an engaging read, this book should prove an asset to many.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Classics Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Schmitz is clearly an intelligent reader and advocate of theory. It is a solid piece of work which will, I hope, serve as a starting point for acquainting many classicists with the questions and challenges theory has to offer. The field as a whole will only benefit from Schmitz's contribution.” (\u003ci\u003eNew England Classical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments for the English Translation x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is, and To What End Do We Study, Literary Theory? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Theory and Classics 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections Raised against Literary Theory 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use This Book 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductions to Literary Theory 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Russian Formalism 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Question of Literariness 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoman Jakobson’s Model of Linguistic Communication 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetic Language as Defamiliarization 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Structuralism 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Founder of Structuralism: Ferdinand de Saussure 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaussure’s Definition of the Linguistic Sign 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Meaning of Differences 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuralism and Subject 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Anthropology 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs Structuralist Interpretation Possible? 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuralist Definitions of Literary Genres 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Narratology 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVladimir Propp’s Analysis of the Folk Tale 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreimas’s Actantial Theory of Narrative 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoland Barthes and the Study of Narrative Texts 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuralist Plot-Analysis: Gerard Genette 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrene de Jong’s Narratological Analysis of the Homeric Epics 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Mikhail Bakhtin 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBakhtin’s Life and the Problem of His Writings 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDialogism and the Novel 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Carnivalization of Literature 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMenippean Satire and Ancient Carnivalesque Literature 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Intertextuality 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading the Way: Julia Kristeva 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Developments of Intertextuality 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerard Genette’s Model of Hypertextuality 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntertextuality in Virgil 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Reader-Response Criticism 86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpirical Reception Studies 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAesthetics of Reception 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Reader-Response Criticism 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWheeler’s Analysis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Orality – Literacy 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOral Cultures: The Theses of Goody and Watt 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does “Orality”Mean? 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOral Poetry 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Homeric Epics as a Test Case 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Deconstruction 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Foundations: Derrida’s Criticism of Logocentrism 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstruction in America 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections to Deconstruction 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of the Author 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStanley Fish’s Model of “Interpretive Communities” 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Responsibility of the Interpreter 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstruction’s Merits and Demerits 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstruction in Antiquity? Socrates und Protagoras 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Michel Foucault and Discourse Analysis 140\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of Discourse 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections to Foucault’s Analysis of Discourse 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoucault and Antiquity 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Debate about Foucault’s Interpretation of Ancient Sexuality 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 New Historicism 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Historicism and Deconstruction 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Historicism and Michel Foucault 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections to New Historicism 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Historicism and Antiquity 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Feminist Approaches\/Gender Studies 176\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Feminist Movement and Definitions of “Woman” 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminism in Literary Criticism 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench Feminism 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePragmatic Feminism in Literary Criticism 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Images of Women to Gender Studies 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueer Theory 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender Studies and Attic Drama 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Psychoanalytic Approaches 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting Dreams, Interpreting Literature 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Attempts at Psychoanalytic Interpretation 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and the Unconscious: Jacques Lacan 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions? 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhither Now? 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Notes 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences and Bibliography 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 233\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407886950743,"sku":"9781405153751","price":80.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405153751.jpg?v=1730500854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-literary-theory-and-ancient-texts-9781405153751","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}