Beginning Theory
by Peter Barry · Manchester University Press
Introductory guide to the major schools of literary and cultural theory, including structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and postcolonialism. Each chapter explains core ideas and models applied readings, so students can use these frameworks to analyse texts themselves.
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