What's a good introductory point to literary criticism and theory? It seems to have its own language that is completely alien to me. Are there any good books on the history or core basics of it? pic possibly related as Derrida is certainly influential in this field

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Anonymous Sat Feb 23 15:07:15 2019 No.12650654 [Reply] [Original]

What's a good introductory point to literary criticism and theory? It seems to have its own language that is completely alien to me. Are there any good books on the history or core basics of it?

pic possibly related as Derrida is certainly influential in this field

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 23 15:08:14 2019 No.12650659 >>12650654 Derrida molested children

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 23 15:08:21 2019 No.12650661 >>12650654 Culture of Critique

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 23 16:04:12 2019 No.12651041 >>12650654 >tfw we literally had this exact thread I’ll say it again - Bennett and Royle’s introduction to literary criticism is the perfect starting point. The latter was my academic supervisor and is a very clued in guy

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 23 16:10:13 2019 No.12651087 Erich Auerbach - Mimesis is a classic in the field. Northrop Frye is very good as well. Jacquelin Rose and Elaine Showalter I like, but may not be to everyone’s taste.

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