Telling, Showing, Showing off Author(s): Mieke Bal Source: Critical Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Spring, 1992), pp. 556-594 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable…

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Slide 1 Literary Criticism Class #1 Slide 2 What Is Theory? “a reasonably systematic reflection on our guiding assumptions” (Terry Eagleton, After Theory, p.2) Slide…

Slide 1 Literary Criticism Class #1 Slide 2 Structuralism Slide 3 “Linguistics is not simply a stimulus and source of inspiration but a methodological model which unifies…

Literary Criticism Class #1 What Is Theory? “a reasonably systematic reflection on our guiding assumptions” (Terry Eagleton, After Theory, p.2) Why Study Critical Theory?…

Literary Criticism Class #1 Structuralism “Linguistics is not simply a stimulus and source of inspiration but a methodological model which unifies the otherwise diverse…