This book provides a wide ranging guide to current directions in
literary criticism. This new and revised edition provides 14
chapters introducing new modes of 'hybrid' criticism which have
emerged in the 21st century. The chapters provide thought provoking
overviews of critical thinking at the cutting edge. Each of the
authors explains in lucid terms the various contours of their
discourses while bringing these into sharp relief for the student
reader through readings of canonical novels, poems, plays, films
and websites. The book is organised into five areas of critical
concern - The Poetics and Politics of Identity; Critical Voices:
Ethical Questions; Materialities, Immaterialities, (A)
materialities, Realities; Space, Place & Memory. These
orientations reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of
critical and cultural studies, as do the themes covered within the
volume: Diaspora Criticism, Gender and Transgender Criticism, Women
of Color and Feminist Criticism, Chaos Theory, Complexity Theory
and Criticism, Ethical Criticism, Trauma and Testimonial Criticism,
Ecocriticism, Spatial Criticism, Cybercriticism, Deleuzean
Criticism, Levinas and Criticism, Spectral Criticism and
(A)material Criticism. It addresses the various 'states of
criticism' at the beginning of the century. Each chapter explores
and explains aspects of the theory it addresses, provides a brief
3-4 page reading of a literary text, film text or website and
concludes with questions for further consideration, an annotated
bibliography and a supplementary bibliography. The critical
readings provide a teaching and study resource and demonstrate the
scope of theoretical applications.
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