Has Theory neglected literature? Often Literary and cultural theory, which goes by the nickname "Theory," has seemed to be the Theory of everything except literature: Theory of language, of sexuality, of history, of the body, of the psyche, of meaning (or meaninglessness), of politics, but not Theory of literature.
In this timely and wide-ranging book, Jonathan Culler, whose lucid analyses of structuralism, semiotics, and deconstruction have been prized by generations of readers, explo.
Has Theory neglected literature? Often Literary and cultural theory, which goes by the nickname "Theory," has seemed to be the Theory of everything except literature: Theory of language, of sexuality, of history, of the body, of the psyche, of meaning (or meaninglessness), of politics, but not Theory of literature
