{"product_id":"how-to-do-theory-isbn-9781405115803","title":"How to Do Theory","description":"This succinct introduction to modern theories of literature and the arts demonstrates how each theory is built and what it can accomplish. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents a wide variety of theories, including phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, anthropological theory, and feminist theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses classic literary texts, such as Keats’s Ode on a Grecian Urn, Spenser’s The Shephearde’s Calender and T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land to illustrate his explanations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes key statements by the major proponents of each theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents the different theories objectively, allowing students to decide which if any, they subscribe to.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGives students a sense of the potential of theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a glossary of technical terms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Theory?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHard Core and Soft Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModes of Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory and Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Phenomenological Theory: \u003ci\u003eIngarden.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Layered Structure of the Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethod derived from Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Hermeneutical Theory: \u003ci\u003eGadamer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethod derived from Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Gestalt Theory: \u003ci\u003eGombrich.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchema and Correction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Reception Theory: \u003ci\u003eIser.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaction to a State of Criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterface between Text\/Context and Text\/Reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Semiotic Theory: \u003ci\u003eEco.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Iconic Sign.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aesthetic Idiolect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Psychoanalytical Theory: \u003ci\u003eEhrenzweig.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The Creative Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Afterthought-Spectacular Imaginig: Lacan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Marxist Theory: \u003ci\u003eWilliams.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflectionist Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Deconstruction: \u003ci\u003eMiller.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstruction at Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstruction Exemplified.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Anthropological Theory: \u003ci\u003eGans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasics of Generative Anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Anthropological View of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Dewey's Art as Experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAesthetic Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCircularity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Showalter's “Towards a Feminist Poetics”.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen as Readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen as Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevisions and Additions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Theory in Perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Intellectual Landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fabric of Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat does the Multiplicity of Theories tell us?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Postscript-Postcolonial Discourse: Said.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Features of Discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStartegies of Postcolonial Discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Novel as Imperial Discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModes of Resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Order of Postcolonial Discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A John Keats \u003ci\u003eOde on a Grecian Urn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Edmund Spenser “Februarie: Aegloga Secunda” from \u003ci\u003eThe Shepheardes Calender.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C T.S. Eliot “The Fire Sermon” from \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWolfgang Iser\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine. He is recognized as the founding theorist behind reception theory. His publications include the classic theoretical texts, \u003ci\u003eThe Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication from Bunyan to Beckett\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and \u003ci\u003eThe Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response\u003c\/i\u003e (1979).  Literary theory has become a branch of learning in its own right, and for teachers as well as students its complexities can sometimes be daunting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this succinct introduction, Wolfgang Iser, himself a renowned theorist:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplains what “theory” is and why it is that there are so many different theories\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edeals in turn with those theories that have made the greatest impact in recent times, among them phenomenological theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, psychoanalytical theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, art as experience, and feminist theory\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eoutlines the main components of each approach and explains how it is constructed.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing classic literary texts, including Keats’s \u003ci\u003eOde on a Grecian Urn,\u003c\/i\u003e Spenser’s \u003ci\u003eThe Shepheardes Calender,\u003c\/i\u003e and T. S. Eliot’s \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land,\u003c\/i\u003e Iser shows what a work of art looks like if viewed in terms of each of the theories concerned. He presents the different theories objectively, leaving it up to readers to decide which, if any, they subscribe to. In this way, he defuses students’ fear of theory and demonstrates the potential of different theories for interpreting texts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989378580709,"sku":"NP9781405115803","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405115803.jpg?v=1761783882","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/how-to-do-theory-isbn-9781405115803","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}