Upcoming sessions(2008)

  • 12th. Feb.: CafeLitt First Photo awards and Second Birthday. A Party till midnight
  • 19th Feb.: From Margine to center by Amir Khadir
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  • Sunday 8th. March: BOOKCLUB, Disgrace By J.M.Coetzee

27.7.08

CafeLitt 83: An Introduction to Literary theory


Subject: An Introduction to Literary theory
Peresented by: Ali Paknezhad
Palce: Presse Cafe, 1446, Ste.Cathrine Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3G 1R3
Metro Guy-Concordia
19:00



20th century literary theory is closely linked to 20th century philosophy. It goes beyond “A theory of Literature” and elaborates upon a theory of understanding a text in its broadest sense including art work, religion, sacred text, political system, society, human beings or any other meaningful system.

In this presentation a comparative analyses will be done on different schools of though in 20th century which have been influential on how we understand a text.

These schools include Reception Theory (Phenomenology, hermeneutics, and Reader’s response theory), Structuralism, Post structuralism, Deconstruction and psychoanalysis.

He will try to give a synopsis of Terry Eagleton’s "Introduction to literary "


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