Critical PracticeRoutledge, 16 դեկ, 2003 թ. - 176 էջ What is poststructuralist theory, and what difference does it make to literary criticism? Where do we find the meaning of the text: in the author's head? in the reader's? Or do we, instead, make meaning in the practice of reading itself? If so, what part do our own values play in the process of interpretation? And what is the role of the text? Catherine Belsey considers these and other questions concerning the relations between human beings and language, readers and texts, writing and cultural politics. Assuming no prior knowledge of poststructuralism, Critical Practice guides the reader confidently through the maze of contemporary theory. It simply and lucidly explains the views of key figures such as Louis Althusser, Roland Barthes, Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida, and shows their theories at work in readings of familiar literary texts. Critical Practice argues that theory matters, because it makes a difference to what we do when we read, opening up new possibilities for literary and cultural analysis. Poststructuralism, in conjunction with psychoanalysis and deconstruction, makes radical change to the way we read both a priority and a possibility. With a new chapter, updated guidance on further reading and revisions throughout, this second edition of Critical Practice is the ideal guide to the present and future of literary studies. |
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... that the seriesisstill here, and not unreasonably congratulating itselfon having providedan initial outlet for whatturned, overtheyears, into some of the distinctive voices andtopics in literary studies. But the volumes now represented ...
... that the educational institutionwas a place where cultural values were both inculcated and contested. Jacques Lacan was there, atleast in the first instance, as an influence on Althusser. Michel Foucault was beginningto bethere too, but ...
... that the individual mind or inner beingisthesource of meaning and truth. In this context, the notion ofatext which tells a (or the) truth, as perceived byan individual subject(theauthor), whose insights are thesource of thetext's single ...
... thatthe real taskofthecritic is to get onwiththe reading process,torespond directlyto the text without worrying about nicetiesoftheory, as if the lack of any systematic approach orprocedure wereaguarantee of objectivity. In this way ...
... that the landscape paintermustalways havetwo great and distinct ends: thefirst, to induce in the spectator's mind the faithful conceptionof any natural objects whatsoever;the second, to guide thespectator's mind to thoseobjects ...