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Teaching theory /

"This new volume in the 'Teaching the New English' series aims to provide a historical view of the teaching of literary theory in universities, a current survey and aims for the teaching of theory in the future"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bradford, Richard
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Teaching the new English.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The history and present condition of theory - a brief account / Richard Bradford
  • Teaching theory / Vincent B. Leitch
  • The resistance to history: teaching in the present / Andrew Hadfield
  • The attractions of theory / Jill Le Bihan
  • Syntactics - semantics - pragmatics (still having one's cake?) / Leona Toker
  • The motivation of literary theory: from national culture to world literature / Stephen Shapiro
  • Marketing theory: an overview of theory guides / Andrew James
  • From theory to practice: literary studies in the classroom / Katherine Byrne
  • At home in theory? Teaching one's way through the theory at home / Madelena Gonzalez
  • Reading by recipe: postcolonial theory and the practice of reading / Neil Murphy
  • Do I hate theory? / Richard Bradford.