Contemporary Literary Theory: A Students Companion

Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student's Companion is a book on literary theory. Students of literature can gain a lot of knowledge from this book and it can be really helpful for them to prepare for various examinations. It can help to develop the critical competence, as it contains an elaborate discussion on literary theory and criticism. The basic tenets of each approach are explained through quotations, which can be found at the end of each unit. After each unit, there are questions that serve the purpose of revising the knowledge the readers have gained.
Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student's Companion is a premier in the vast field of literary theory. It is written for students of literature and it solves two purpose that are inter - related. The first is to enable students to enhance their performance in exams and second is to make them competent by providing sound information on literary theory and criticism. Some of the topics covered in this book are understanding the basics: post - modernism and before and changing worlds and changing words current critical approaches towards reader oriented theories social discourse psychoanalytic criticism structuralist marxism and recent developments and formalism: Russian and French. This book is an exceptional work done by the writer. Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student's Companion was written by Krishnaswamy and was published in paperback format by Macmillan Publishers India in 2000.
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This book is quite handy for literature students who are preparing for their exams.