The Basics for Learners of Critical …

The Basics for Learners of Critical Theory
Kousei Ogura (ed.)

186 mm x 130 mm
320 pages
JPY 2,600
ISBN 9784790717768
Pub date: April 2023

To make the leap from impression to interpretation, from emotion to critique.
From deconstruction criticism to feminist criticism, system theory, and ecocriticism. This is an introductory book that enables students to learn a wide range of theories from the 20th century to the present day, and to experience the process of criticism through analysis of specific works.

Points of Appeal
1) Comprehensive introduction to critical theory of the 20th and 21st centuries
2) Analysis of literary works across regions and genres
3) Also analysis of paintings, animations, and musical productions

Table of Contents
Introduction

Ⅰ　Symbols and narratives
Chapter 1: Structuralism
Chapter 2: Narrative theory
Chapter 3: Acceptance theory
Chapter 4: Deconstruction criticism

Column: Law and literature

Ⅱ　Desire and imagination
Chapter 5: Psychoanalytic criticism
Chapter 6: Thematic criticism
Chapter 7: Feminist criticism
Chapter 8: Gender criticism
Chapter 9: Generation theory

Column: Absence of research method history

Ⅲ　History and society
Chapter 10: Marxist criticism
Chapter 11: Cultural materialism/New historicism 
Chapter 12: Sociocriticism
Chapter 13: Cultural studies
Chapter 14: System theory
Chapter 15: Postcolonial criticism/Transnationalism

Column: Literature and censorship

Ⅳ　Outside the text
Chapter 16: Sociology of literature
Chapter 17: Media theory
Chapter 18: Ecocriticism
Chapter 19: Translation theory

Column: World literature: Close reading, distant reading, and translation

Afterword / References/Subject Index/Index of people and works　

Reviews
“A handy toolbox when reading literature or writing a thesis”—Nao Sawada, French Literature researcher