Modern European criticism and theory a critical guide.

• Main Author: Wolfreys, Julian
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2006
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Criticism; Europe; Literature

Providing an overview of literary theory in Europe, this guide presents the ideas within European 'theory', focusing on the thought of major voices in poetics, philosophy, linguistics, and psychoanalysis, as well as in literary and cultural studies. The essays examine how conceptions of su...

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• Modern European criticism and theory : a critical guide -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. René Descartes (1596-1650) and Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677): Beginnings -- 2. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) -- 3. Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) -- 4. Karl Marx (1818-1883) -- 5. Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and Stéphane Mallarmé(1842-1898) -- 6. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) -- 7. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) -- 8. Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) and Structural Linguistics -- 9. Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) -- 10. Phenomenology -- 11. Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) and Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995): Epistemology in France -- 12. Jean Paulhan (1884-1969) and/versus Francis Ponge (1899-1988) -- 13. Gyorgy Lukacs (1885-1971) -- 14. Russian Formalism, the Moscow Linguistics Circle, and Prague Structuralism: Boris Eichenbaum (1886-1959), Jan Mukarovsky (1891-1975), Victor Shklovsky (1893-1984), Yuri Tynyanov (1894-1943), Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) -- 15. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) -- 16. Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) -- 17. Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) -- 18. Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) -- 19. Reception Theory: Roman Ingarden (1893-1970), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002) and the Geneva School -- 20. The Frankfurt School, the Marxist Tradition, Culture and Critical Thinking: Max Horkheimer (1895-1973), Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979), Theodor Adorno (1903-1969), Jurgen Habermas (1929-) -- 21. Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) -- 22. Georges Bataille (1897-1962) and Maurice Blanchot (1907-) -- 23. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) -- 24. Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) -- 25. The Reception of Hegel and Heidegger in France: Alexandre Kojeve (1902-1968), Jean Hyppolite (1907-1968), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) -- 26. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Albert Camus (1913-1960) and Existentialism -- 27. Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) -- 28. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) and French Feminism -- 29. Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-) -- 30. Jean Genet (1910-1986) -- 31. Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) -- 32. Roland Barthes (1915-1980) -- 33. French Structuralism: A. J. Greimas (1917-1992), Tzvetan Todorov (1939-) and Gerard Genette (1930-) -- 34. Louis Althusser (1918-1990) and his Circle -- 35. Reception Theory and Reader-Response: Hans-Robert Jauss (1922-1997), Wolfgang Iser (1926-) and the School of Konstanz -- 36. Jean-Francois Lyotard (1925-1998) and Jean Baudrillard (1929-): The Suspicion of Metanarratives -- 37. The Social and the Cultural: Michel de Certeau (1925-1986), Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) and Louis Marin (1931-1992) -- 38. Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) and Felix Guattari (1930-1992) -- 39. Michel Foucault (1926-1984) -- 40. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) -- 41. Luce Irigaray (1930-) -- 42. Christian Metz (1931-1993) -- 43. Guy Debord (1931-1994) and the Situationist International -- 44. Umberto Eco (1932-) -- 45. Modernities: Paul Virilio (1932-), Gianni Vattimo (1936-), Giorgio Agamben (1942-) -- 46. Helene Cixous (1938-) -- 47. Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940-) and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-) -- 48. Julia Kristeva (1941-) -- 49. Slavoj Zizex(1949-) -- 50. Cahiers du Cinema (1951-) -- 51. Critical Fictions: Experiments in Writing from Le Nouveau Roman to the Oulipo -- 52. Tel Quel (1960-1982) -- 53. Other French Feminisms: Sarah Kofman (1934-1994), Monique Wittig (1935-), Michele Le Doeuff (1948-) -- 54. Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism in France -- Contributors -- Index
• Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. ReneÂDescartes (1596±1650) and Baruch Spinoza (1632±1677): Beginnings -- 2. Immanuel Kant (1724±1804) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770±1831) -- 3. Johann Christian Friedrich HoÈlderlin (1770±1843) -- 4. Karl Marx (1818±1883) -- 5. Charles Baudelaire (1821±1867) and SteÂphane MallarmeÂ(1842±1898) -- 6. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844±1900) -- 7. Sigmund Freud (1856±1939) -- 8. Ferdinand de Saussure (1857±1913) and Structural Linguistics -- 9. Edmund Husserl (1859±1938) -- 10. Phenomenology -- 11. Gaston Bachelard (1884±1962) and Georges Canguilhem (1904±1995): Epistemology in France -- 12. Jean Paulhan (1884±1969) and/versus Francis Ponge (1899±1988) -- 13. GyoÈrgy LukaÂcs (1885±1971) -- 14. Russian Formalism, the Moscow Linguistics Circle, and Prague Structuralism: Boris Eichenbaum (1886± 1959), Jan Mukarovsky (1891±1975), Victor Shklovsky (1893±1984), Yuri Tynyanov (1894±1943), Roman Jakobson (1896±1982) -- 15. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889±1951) -- 16. Martin Heidegger (1889±1976) -- 17. Antonio Gramsci (1891±1937) -- 18. Walter Benjamin (1892±1940) -- 19. Reception Theory: Roman Ingarden (1893±1970), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900± 2002) and the Geneva School -- 20. The Frankfurt School, the Marxist Tradition, Culture and Critical Thinking: Max Horkheimer (1895±1973), Herbert Marcuse (1898±1979), Theodor Adorno (1903±1969), JuÈrgen Habermas (1929±) -- 21. Mikhail Bakhtin (1895±1975) -- 22. Georges Bataille (1897±1962) and Maurice Blanchot (1907±) -- 23. Bertolt Brecht (1898±1956) -- 24. Jacques Lacan (1901±1981) -- 25. The Reception of Hegel and Heidegger in France: Alexandre KojeÁve (1902±1968), Jean Hyppolite (1907±1968), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908±1961) -- 26. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905±1980), Albert Camus (1913±1960) and Existentialism -- 27. Emmanuel Levinas (1906±1995)
• 28. Simone de Beauvoir (1908±1986) and French Feminism -- 29. Claude LeÂvi-Strauss (1908±) -- 30. Jean Genet (1910±1986) -- 31. Paul Ricoeur (1913±2005) -- 32. Roland Barthes (1915±1980) -- 33. French Structuralism: A. J. Greimas (1917±1992), Tzvetan Todorov (1939±) and GeÂrard Genette (1930±) -- 34. Louis Althusser (1918±1990) and his Circle -- 35. Reception Theory and Reader-Response: Hans-Robert Jauss (1922±1997), Wolfgang Iser (1926±) and the School of Konstanz -- 36. Jean-FrancËois Lyotard (1925±1998) and Jean Baudrillard (1929±): The Suspicion of Metanarratives -- 37. The Social and the Cultural: Michel de Certeau (1925±1986), Pierre Bourdieu (1930±2002) and Louis Marin (1931±1992) -- 38. Gilles Deleuze (1925±1995) and FeÂlix Guattari (1930±1992) -- 39. Michel Foucault (1926±1984) -- 40. Jacques Derrida (1930±2004) -- 41. Luce Irigaray (1930±) -- 42. Christian Metz (1931±1993) -- 43. Guy Debord (1931±1994) and the Situationist International -- 44. Umberto Eco (1932±) -- 45. Modernities: Paul Virilio (1932±), Gianni Vattimo (1936±), Giorgio Agamben (1942±) -- 46. HeÂleÁne Cixous (1938±) -- 47. Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940±) and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940±) -- 48. Julia Kristeva (1941±) -- 49. Slavoj Z Ï izÏek (1949±) -- 50. Cahiers du Cine  ma (1951±) -- 51. Critical Fictions: Experiments in Writing from Le Nouveau Roman to the Oulipo -- 52. Tel Quel (1960±1982) -- 53. Other French Feminisms: Sarah Kofman (1934±1994), Monique Wittig (1935±), MicheÁle Le Doeuff (1948±) -- 54. Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism in France -- Contributors -- Index