{"product_id":"critical-theory-today-a-userfriendly-guide-9780415974103","title":"Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e by Lois Tyson. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780415974103.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritical Theory Today is the essential introduction to contemporary criticial theory. It provides clear, simple explanations and concrete examples of complex concepts, making a wide variety of commonly used critical theories accessible to novices without sacrificing any theoretical rigor or thoroughness.\nThis new edition provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian\/gay\/queer theory, African American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters provide an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts; a list of specific questions critics who use that theory ask about literary texts; an interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory; a list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works; and a bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947685507125,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415974100","price":20.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415974103_0687e3f6-8a0a-4c52-b85a-8b85a24f5211.jpg?v=1778727621","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/critical-theory-today-a-userfriendly-guide-9780415974103","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}