After Post-Structuralism: Interdisciplinarity and Literary Theory

234 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

After Poststructuralism: Interdisciplinary and Literary Theory challenges the premises of and suggests new alternatives to the more extreme approaches in current literary theory. The essays collected here examine the trend of theorizing in interdisciplinary studies from the perspective of more rigorous research methodologies, with the aim of establishing the validity of interdisciplinary literary studies and broadening the field of inquiry.

The collection is divided into three groups. The first examines the question of what interdisciplinarity has meant in literary studies in the last twenty years, the reasons for its ascension as a trend, and the inherent theoretical flaws in certain poststructuralist positions. The second explores the relationship of theory and practice, while the third group looks ahead to the rich possibilities for thinking and working in practical new directions.

• Reihe: Rethinking Theory
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturtheorie
• ISBN: 9780810110977
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.1993
• Größe: 224 x 150 mm
• Verlag: Northwestern University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Barbara Riebling, Nancy Easterlin