Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and PracticeThe second edition of Literary Criticism by Charles E. Bressler is designed to help readers make conscious, informed, and intelligent choices concerning literary interpretation. By explaining the historical development and theoretical positions of eleven schools of criticism, author Charles Bressler reveals the richness of literary texts along with the various interpretative approaches that will lead to a fuller appreciation and understanding of such texts. |
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Page 187
... dominant discourse whereas the female is socialized into a subordinated language . Upon entering this Order , the father becomes the dominant image , or the law . In this stage of our psychic development , both the male and the female ...
... dominant discourse whereas the female is socialized into a subordinated language . Upon entering this Order , the father becomes the dominant image , or the law . In this stage of our psychic development , both the male and the female ...
Page 217
... dominant class can use military and police force to repress the working class in order to maintain its dominant position and to achieve interpellation , it chooses to use the " Ideological State Apparatus , " or the hegemony . In effect ...
... dominant class can use military and police force to repress the working class in order to maintain its dominant position and to achieve interpellation , it chooses to use the " Ideological State Apparatus , " or the hegemony . In effect ...
Page 264
... dominant cultural group who determines that culture's ideol- ogy or its hegemony - its dominant values , its sense of right and wrong , and its sense of personal self - worth . All people in a given culture are consciously and ...
... dominant cultural group who determines that culture's ideol- ogy or its hegemony - its dominant values , its sense of right and wrong , and its sense of personal self - worth . All people in a given culture are consciously and ...
Contents
Defining Criticism Theory and Literature | 1 |
A Historical Survey of Literary Criticism | 16 |
New Criticism | 36 |
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