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| Preface: An Introduction to Critical Analysis | |
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| Formalism | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Major Terms | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Formalist Critical Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Structuralism | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Major Terms | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Structuralist Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Historical Criticism | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Historical Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Psychoanalysis and Psychology | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Psychological Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Marxism and Political Criticism | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Marxist Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Deconstructive Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Gender Criticism | |
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| Major Works | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Major Terms | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Gender Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Ethnic, Post-Colonial, and Transnational Criticism | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Major Terms | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Post-Colonial and Ethnic Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Scientific Criticism | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Scientific Criticism | |
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| Things to Look for in Literary and Cultural Texts | |
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| Film Studies | |
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| Major Works | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Major Terms | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Film Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Film Texts | |
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| Cultural Studies | |
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| Major Texts | |
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| Major Ideas | |
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| Major Terms | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Examples of Cultural Analysis | |
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| Things to Look for in Cultural Texts | |
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| Summary: Theory for Beginners | |
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| Culture is nature | |
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| Words make things | |
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| We know what we know | |
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| Learn Arabic | |
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| Reality is a fabrication | |
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| Not all stories are true | |
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| Power is belief | |
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| You are not who you think you are | |
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| You have to learn to be yourself | |
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| Capitalism is bad for you | |
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| Effects are sometimes causes | |
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| Identity is difference � and is therefore contingent | |
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| We all live in the past | |
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| The world is all there is | |
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| Nature is culture | |
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| Index | |