@@theliteraturechannel9755 Could you possibly advise on how to understand tough critical academic writing in English Literature? And kindly recommend a few books on Literary theory and Criticism 🙏🏻.
Hello again. Very good question. In terms of interpretations of texts, I would try to avoid much of contemporary criticism if it is over-loaded with critical theory jargon. Usually, they are trying to impose a contemporary political "ism" (Marxism, Feminism, Critical Race Theory etc.) on older texts, which doesn't really help us to understand the text on its own terms. However, if you are trying to understand the various schools of contemporary literary theory, which are interesting in terms of their philosophical points of departure, I would start with some simple introductions: the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Literary Theory (iep.utm.edu/literary/) has a good simple introduction. Also, Jonathan Culler has a book with a title something like: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. I also have some some basic introduction notes to some of the schools: Marxism: An Introduction (www.academia.edu/4067944/Marx_An_Introduction) and Deconstruction: An Introduction (www.academia.edu/4029719/Deconstruction_An_Introduction). I hope this is helpful. @@smritiagarwal4534
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@@theliteraturechannel9755 Could you possibly advise on how to understand tough critical academic writing in English Literature? And kindly recommend a few books on Literary theory and Criticism 🙏🏻.
Hello again. Very good question. In terms of interpretations of texts, I would try to avoid much of contemporary criticism if it is over-loaded with critical theory jargon. Usually, they are trying to impose a contemporary political "ism" (Marxism, Feminism, Critical Race Theory etc.) on older texts, which doesn't really help us to understand the text on its own terms. However, if you are trying to understand the various schools of contemporary literary theory, which are interesting in terms of their philosophical points of departure, I would start with some simple introductions: the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Literary Theory (iep.utm.edu/literary/) has a good simple introduction. Also, Jonathan Culler has a book with a title something like: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. I also have some some basic introduction notes to some of the schools: Marxism: An Introduction (www.academia.edu/4067944/Marx_An_Introduction) and Deconstruction: An Introduction (www.academia.edu/4029719/Deconstruction_An_Introduction). I hope this is helpful. @@smritiagarwal4534