--- title: Literary Theory description: Literary theory is the study of the systematic methods used to analyze and interpret literature. Learners will understand various theoretical frameworks, such as structuralism, feminism, and postcolonialism, and how they shape reading. category: literature-writing subcategory: literature-analysis difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/literary-theory --- # Literary Theory Literary theory is the study of the systematic methods used to analyze and interpret literature. Learners will understand various theoretical frameworks, such as structuralism, feminism, and postcolonialism, and how they shape reading. ## Available Resources 1 Books • 1 Courses ## Courses ### 1. Introduction to Theory of Literature Explore literary theory with Yale's Paul Fry! This introductory course covers key concepts and critical approaches to literature. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-300 **Tags:** literary-theory, literary-criticism, structuralism, open-courseware ## Podcasts ### 1. The Literary Hub Podcast **Author:** Literary Hub A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard.The Lit Hub Podcast is a production of Lit Hub RadioMusic by Dani Lencioni of EvelynEngineering and production by Stardust House **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://art19.com/shows/the-lit-hub-pod **Tags:** literary-culture, contemporary-literature, publishing, book-criticism ### 2. Lit Century **Author:** Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols Host Catherine Nichols and guests choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Tune in to find out what the 20th century was all about. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.lithub.com **Tags:** 20th-century-literature, book-discussion, literary-history, author-interviews ### 3. Poetry Off the Shelf **Author:** Poetry Foundation Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ **Tags:** poetry, poet-interviews, creative-process, contemporary-poetry ## Books ### 1. Beginning Theory **Author:** Peter Barry 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. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0719043263?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, literrature-analysis --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/literary-theory