Combines an acute survey of structuralist literary criticism with an argument about how English and American criticism might benefit from its lessons.
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'The brilliance, precision and clarity with which Dr Culler conducts his argument make this a book which all those concerned with the analysis of literature should read.' - A.S. Byatt, Times Education Supplement
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Jonathan Culler (1944- ). Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University, pioneered the application of semiotics to the study of literature in the English-speaking world.
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Whatever you do, don't read this book,
By Taranis (Wales UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: RC Series Bundle: Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics and the Study of Literature (Routledge Classics) (Paperback)
There must be a reason why a book that has never been out of print for 36 years and sold 20,000 copies has apparently never been read by anyone except myself. I doubt whether even Jonathan Culler himself has read it.
The terrible thought has indeed occurred to me that there may be a curse on this book so that any one who attempts to read it dies as a result. In view of this terrifying thought, the most "helpful" thing I can say about this book is: whatever you do, do not read it as it might be the last thing you ever do. Then again, perhaps it is only read by people who have been told they have little time left to live and who tell themselves: if there's ONE thing I MUST do before I die, apart from hang-gliding over the Grand Canyon, it is to read Jonathan Culler's Structuralist Poetics. Doubt whether I'll have time to review it ... However, I must end this review here - I fancy a bit of hang-gliding - I'll go see if my glider is still in the garage ...
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One cannot define structuralism by examining how the word has been used; that would lead only to despair. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tel Quel, Julia Kristeva, Northrop Frye, Henry James, Madame Bovary, Wallace Stevens, Anatomy of Criticism, Jacques Derrida, Les Liaisons, Philippe Sollers New!
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One cannot define structuralism by examining how the word has been used; that would lead only to despair. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tel Quel, Julia Kristeva, Northrop Frye, Henry James, Madame Bovary, Wallace Stevens, Anatomy of Criticism, Jacques Derrida, Les Liaisons, Philippe Sollers New!
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- Structural Study of Myth and Totemism (A.S.A. Monographs) by Edmund Leach on 5 pages
- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Style in Language by Thomas A. Sebeok on page 81, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sur Racine (French Edition) by Roland Barthes on page 114, page 115, and page 117
- Aspects of the Theory of Syntax by Noam Chomsky on page 29, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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