How to Do Theory

Name: How to Do Theory
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ISBN: 9781405115797

ISBN-10: 1405115793

ISBN-13: 9781405115797

Edition: 2005

Authors: Wolfgang Iser

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The author explains what 'theory' is & why it is that there are so many different theories. Dealing with theories such as phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, anthropoligical theory & feminist theory, he outlines the main components of each approach & explains how it is constructed.

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/5/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Why Theory Hard Core and Soft Theory Modes of Theory Theory and Method


Phenomenological Theory The Layered Structure of the Work Method derived from Theory An Example


Hermeneutical Theory Understanding Method derived from Theory An Example


Gestalt Theory Schema and Correction An Example


Reception Theory Reaction to a State ofCriticism Interface between Text/Context and Text/Reader


Semiotic theory The Iconic Sign The Aesthetic Idiolect An Example


Marxist Theory Reflectionist Theory Production Examples


Deconstruction Deconstruction at Work Deconstruction Exemplified


Anthropological Theory Basics of Generative Anthropology An Anthropological View of Literature


Art as Experience Aesthetic Experience Circularity An Example


"Towards a Poetics of Feminism" Women as Readers Women as Writers Revisions and Additions


Theory in Perspective An Intellectual Landscape The Fabric of Theory What does the Multiplicity of Theories tell us


John Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn


Edmund Spenser "Februarie: Aegloga Secunda" from The Shepheardes Calender


T.S. Eliot "The Fire Sermon" from The Waste Land


Glossary


Index