how to understand literary theory by watching movies
Edward L. Tomarken.
New York
Bloomsbury
2012
(xvii, 157 pages)
Deconstruction --;Michel Foucault and "power-knowledge" --;Reception theory : Wolfgang Iser --;Jacques Lacan and post-Freudianism --;Post-Marxism : Fredric Jameson --;Post-feminism : Hélène Cixous.
Demonstrates how ideas stemming from complex literary theory can be found in even the most mainstream movies. This book aims to show, through specific examples, how once-arcane literary theory (deconstruction, post-Marxism, subject position, reader response) has infiltrated popular culture.