Literary Theory

Literary theory in a strict sense is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for analyzing literature.[1] However, literary scholarship since the 19th century often includes—in addition to, or even instead of literary theory in the strict sense—considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social prophecy, and other interdisciplinary themes which are of relevance to the way humans interpret meaning. In humanities in modern academia, the latter style of scholarship is an outgrowth of critical theory and is often called simply "theory." As a consequence, t ...more

Literary Theory: An Introduction
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Poetics
Mythologies
The Pleasure of the Text
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
Anatomy of Criticism
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
S/Z: An Essay
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
How to Read Literature
Aspects of the Novel
How Fiction Works
The Theory of the Novel
Seven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun TzuMonty Python and Philosophy by Gary L. Hardcastle
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
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The Apparitional Lesbian by Terry CastleThe Safe Sea of Women by Bonnie ZimmermanChloe Plus Olivia by Lillian FadermanLesbian Texts and Contexts by Karla JaySurpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman
Lesbian Literary Criticism
51 books — 6 voters

Jealousy & In the Labyrinth by Alain Robbe-GrilletL'Année dernière à Marienbad by Jean-Louis LeutratThe Immortal One by Alain Robbe-GrilletLast Year at Marienbad by Alain Robbe-GrilletThe Voyeur by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet
29 books — 2 voters
Angel of Death by Brian O'HareHow to Write a Mystery by Lee ChildThe Poetics of Murder by Glenn W. MostGardening Can Be Murder by Marta McDowellCritical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction by Carl Rollyson
Detective Fiction: The Theory
62 books — 3 voters

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John CluteArchaeologies of the Future by Fredric JamesonCritical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Howard FreedmanThe Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. DischThe Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
Science Fiction Criticism
134 books — 21 voters
Anti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiHuman Diversity by Charles MurrayThe Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein
Sober Provocations and Perspectives
107 books — 36 voters

Leon Trotsky
It is very true that one cannot always go by the principles of Marxism in deciding whether to reject or to accept a work of art. A work of art should, in the first place, be judged by its own law, that is, by the law of art. But Marxism alone can explain why and how a given tendency in art has originated in a given period of history; in other words, who it was who made a demand for such an artistic form and not for another, and why.
Leon Trotsky, Literature and Revolution

Buddhadeva Bose
সুকুমার রায়কে 'হাসির কবিতা'র গণ্ডির মধ্যে ধরে রাখা যায় না। 'আবোল তাবোল', আমার প্রথম থেকেই মনে হয়েছে, বাংলা ভাষার রীতিমতো একটি কাব্যগ্রন্থ, যাতে হাসির ছুতো করে, ছবি ও কৌতুকের সাহায্যে ভুলিয়ে এনে, শিশুদের এবং বয়স্কদেরও কয়েক ফোঁটা বিশুদ্ধ কাব্যরস অন্তঃস্থ করে দেওয়া হলো। 'মেঘ-মুলুকে ঝাপসা রাতে রামধনুকের আবছায়াতে' বসে 'আলোয় ঢাকা অন্ধকারে'র গন্ধে ঘন্টাধ্বনি শুনতে পাবেন কি কবি ছাড়া অন্য কেউ? না কি অন্য কেউ 'পান্তভূতের জ্যান্ত ছানা'কে 'জোছনা হাওয়ার স্বপ্ন-ঘোড়া'য় চড়িয়ে দেবেন? তাঁকে কবি বলে ...more
Buddhadeva Bose, সাহিত্যচর্চা

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