Jonathan D. Culler

Professor of English Jonathan Culler

JONATHAN AUTOR CULLER

With an emphasis on readers and reading, the author considers deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic, feminist, and reader-response criticism. As a result, this book is both an authoritative synthesis of Derrida's thought and an analysis of the often-problematic relation between his philosophical writings and the work of literary critics.

Theory and Criticism After Structuralism

On Deconstruction

Jonathan Culler

What is Literary Theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is Literature, and does it matter? These are the sorts of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in a book which steers a clear path through a subject often perceived to be complex and impenetrable. It offers discerning insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, whether literature is a form of self-expression ora method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind a number of different schools: deconstruction, semiotics, postcolonial theory, and structuralism amongst them.

A Very Short Introduction

Literary Theory

Ferdinand de Saussure

Combining biographical material with an overview of Barthes's work, this is a clear and concise guide to his life and writings.

Professor of English Jonathan Culler

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