Theory
Approaches to Reading and Interpretation
Overviews of the new criticism and formalism, traditional historicism, new historicism, reader-response criticism, psychoanalytical criticism, feminist literary criticism, struc…
Criticism and Theory Resources
Resource page hosted by the University of Toronto. Has an essay on the Postmodern by Linda Hutcheon, a glossary of literary theory, Hazlitt's essays on the characters of Shakespea…
Cyberspace, Hypertext, & Critical Theory
Overview of interrelations between cyberspace and information technology on the one hand and critical theory and philosophy on the other.
Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory
Literary genres, specific historical periods, pedagogical issues, politics and literature, and literary theory.
Glossary of Literary Theory
An index of brief explanations of critical terms. Hosted by the University of Toronto.
Illuminations
Collection of articles, excerpts, and chapters from many contemporary writers of and about critical theory, firmly based in Frankfurt School thought.
Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
An index with brief explanations and bibliographies.
Literary Theory
A study guide on Literary Theory provided by The Objectivist Center. Covers Aristotelian Theory, Post-Aristotelian Theory, and Chicago School of Criticism.
Literary Theory Explorations
The world of literary theory is an ever changing hot bed of debate. Here it is explored in all its facets, from semiotics, to classicism, surrealism, and post modernism.
Literature and Ideology
An essay on the influence of Raymond Williams, Etienne Balibar and Pierre Macherey, and Terry Eagleton on postmodern critical theory.
Literature, Cognition, and the Brain
Research at the intersection of literary studies, cognitive theory, and neuroscience
Marxist Criticism
Course materials covering Marxist critics such as George Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser.
New Criticism Explained
Brief overview of New Criticism and the major writers connected with it.
Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry
Large index of poetry criticism. Has annotated e-texts of many classics. Part of the University of Toronto's English Library.
Some Characteristics of Contemporary Theory
Brief review of some of the premises shared by a several theoretical approaches.
Terms and Definitions
Definitions of some basic terms used in the discussion of literary theory.
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