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- Title: Birns, Nicholas. Theory After Theory. An Intellectual History of Literary Theory from 1950 to the Early 21st Century (Resena de Libro)
- Author : Chasqui
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 88 KB
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Birns, Nicholas. Theory after Theory. An Intellectual History of Literary Theory from 1950 to the Early 21st Century. Ontario, Canada: Broadview P, 2010. 345 pp. ISBN 978-1-55111-933-5. Nicholas Birns's Theory after Theory is an accessible and eloquent survey of the undeniable impact that the major theoretical figures and schools have had on literary studies since 1950. According to Birns, the arrival of theory per se (which he sees as an intrinsic part of intellectual history) came thanks to the prominence of five notable intellectuals: Roland Barthes, Harold Bloom, Wayne C. Booth, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. The study has a preface that examines literary theory during the 1950s, seven chapters presented in chronological order from the 1960s to the 2000s, and an index. Only the first two chapters are devoted to specific theorists, Derrida and Foucault, who are heralded as the most influential ones in the theoretical era, while the rest of the chapters focus on movements, with subchapters dedicated to other theorists, as was done in the first two chapters. As the author explains in a note, Theory after Theory is intended both as a handbook for students and as an intellectual history of literary criticism. Rather than creating new theories or presenting literary theory as a dogmatic method, Birns defends theory as an analytical tool that has had great influence in the history of literary studies. In his view, despite numerous criticisms, "theory's ultimate effect on intellectual history has been emancipatory" (41). Likewise, several paragraphs defend some of the theorists, both as professionals and as individuals, from attacks they have received.
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