In accessible language directed at the student and general reader, the author reintroduces Marxism to contemporary discussions of literary theory. He sets out to demystify a range of terms and debates ...

Fredric Jameson, professor of romance studies, Knut Schmidt Nielsen distinguished professor of comparative literature and director of the Institute for Critical Theory, is remembered for his ...

Open Marxism 2: Theory and Practice was released with volume 1 in 1992. The introduction to volume 2 is included below along with the full PDF. For a fuller overview of Open Marxism, see the ...

The Journal of Basic Writing is a refereed journal founded in 1975 by Mina Shaughnessy and is published twice a year with support from the Office of Academic Affairs of the City University of New York ...

Literary theory has a reputation for being difficult, unfairly or not. Whatever the case, everyone approaches literature (or any sort of cultural production — film, painting, sculpture, website, ...

It has held sway in the humanities for nearly four decades, surviving even the great culture wars. But it is being used in surprising ways. Either literary theory is dead, or it’s invincible. It all ...

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite East European countries and the establishment of state capitalism in China and Vietnam in the name of socialism, it has been widely assumed that ...

Introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. Covers major movements in modern literary/critical theory, from Matthew Arnold through new criticism to ...

Tamil writer and Marxist literary critic Kovai Gnani passed away at his residence at Vellakinar here on Wednesday. Through the years, he became an influential voice in philosophy, literature and ...