Literary theory
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| {{Template}}'''Literary theory''' is the [[theory]] (or the [[philosophy]]) of the interpretation of [[literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[Continental philosophy]]. | {{Template}}'''Literary theory''' is the [[theory]] (or the [[philosophy]]) of the interpretation of [[literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[Continental philosophy]]. | ||
| - | == See also == | + | == Research interests == |
| - | *[[Grammar of the Decameron]] | + | *"[[The Anxiety of Influence]]" |
| + | *"[[Death of the author]]" | ||
| + | *''[[Grammar of the Decameron]]'' | ||
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