End of Literary Theory

Name: End of Literary Theory
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ISBN: 9780521061995

ISBN-10: 0521061997

ISBN-13: 9780521061995

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stein Haugrom Olsen

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The essays in this collection are concerned with the philosophical problems that arise in connection with the understanding and evaluation of literature - such problems as the relationship between the work and the author (authorial intention), between the work and the world (reference and truth), the definition of a literary work, and the nature of literary theory itself. Professor Olsen attacks many of the orthodoxies of modern literary theory, in particular the enterprise to build a comprehensive systematic literary theory. His own work is informed by a consistent perspective: the assumption that literature is a social institution governed by conventions, and that answers to problems of…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682



Preface



Literary aesthetics and literary practice



Interpretation and intention



Authorial intention



Text and meaning



The 'meaning' of a literary work



Defining a literary work



What is poetics?



On unilluminating criticism



Criticism and appreciation



Value-judgements in criticism



Literature, fiction, and reality


A problematic relationship



Thematic concepts: where philosophy meets literature



Literary theory and literary aesthetics


Notes


Bibliography


Index