Empowering Readers
Author | : Garry Gillard |
Publisher | : Wakefield Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 1862546045 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781862546042 |
Rating | : 4/5 (042 Downloads) |
Download or read book Empowering Readers written by Garry Gillard and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful guide to incorporating prominent literary theories into the reading process provides students with a substantial introduction to a wide range of ideas and practices. Each chapter covers a text from the international canon and suggests how that text can also be interpreted by employing a particular literary theory. Links are made between "A Passage to India and postcolonialism. "Heart of Darkness and Marxism, and "The Turn of the Screw and psychoanalysis, among others.