Criticism After Theory from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf
Criticism After Theory from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf
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The argument of this book is that criticism after theory is a single movement of thought defined by synthesis and continuity rather than conflict and change, and that the most influential figures in criticism since Saussure are consistent with his foundational Course in General Linguistics. It also argues that New Historicism, postcolonialism, gender studies, environmental criticism, archive studies, and shared and surface reading are all by-products of Saussure's structuralism, and that Saussure's sign is sensory and concrete. Without Saussure, contemporary criticism would have no identifiable or effective source.
Format: Hardback
Length: 164 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
The argument presented in this book is a straightforward yet profound assertion: that criticism, following theory, constitutes a unified and continuous movement of thought characterized by synthesis and continuity rather than conflict and change. The most influential figures in criticism since the time of Saussure, including Bakhtin, Derrida, and Foucault, stand in complete alignment with Saussure's foundational Course in General Linguistics (1916), regardless of the various traditions of complaint that have emerged in the wake of Saussure. These complaints, while often entertaining, inadvertently perpetuate misconceptions that have given rise to cottage industries centered on disagreements with Saussurean semiology, often based on incorrect notions about Saussure himself.
It is worth noting that the materialist criticism prevalent in our contemporary discourse is, in fact, deeply rooted in the legacy of a presumed formalist structuralism rather than representing a significant departure from it. New Historicism, postcolonialism, gender studies, environmental criticism, archive studies, and even shared and surface reading, like deconstruction, can be seen as by-products of Saussure's structuralism, rather than its antitheses. Saussure's sign is both sensory and concrete, recognizing that language and materiality are interconnected and inseparable. History, society, the psychological subject, and even the environment are systems of signs, material archives that are read, reread, and interpreted by futures that shape the past after the fact.
Without the insights and frameworks provided by Saussure, contemporary criticism would lack a clear and influential source of reference. The book unfolds with chapters dedicated to Saussure and Derrida, Bakhtin and Shakespeare, and Freud and Foucault, followed by chapters exploring Victorian and American fiction, D.H. Lawrence and modern poetry, Virginia Woolf and Melanie Klein, and the historical tropology of psychoanalysis. The conclusion of the book includes a coda in life writing, delving into the author's experiences with epilepsy, a condition that significantly shaped their perspective and artistic expression.
Weight: 480g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032244235
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