Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide - Lois Tyson

\n \nThis thoroughly updated fourth edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today, including: feminism; psychoanalysis; Marxism; reader-response theory; New Criticism; structuralism and semiotics; deconstruction; new historicism and cultural criticism; lesbian, gay, and queer theory; African American criticism; and postcolonial criticism and ecocriticism. \n \nThis new edition features: \n \n- A brand new chapter on ecocriticism, including sections on deep ecology, eco-Marxism, ecofeminism (including radical, Marxist, and vegetarian ecofeminisms), and postcolonial ecocriticism and environmental justice\n \n- Considerable updates to the chapters on feminist theory, African American theory, postcolonial theory, and LGBTQ theories, including terminology and theoretical concepts\n \n- An extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and a variety of literary texts\n \n- A list of specific questions critics ask about literary texts \n \n- An interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory\n \n- A list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works\n \n- Updated and expanded bibliographies \n \nBoth engaging and rigorous, this is a how-to book for undergraduate and graduate students new to critical theory and for college professors who want to broaden their repertoire of critical approaches to literature.\n