Simplifications: An Introduction to Structuralism and Post-structuralismSimplifications brings to the Indian reader comprehensive overview of Western literary theory of post 1960s. A compendium of the dominant trends of the period, it introduces the reader to the thoughts and the ideas of important thinkers like Saussure, Lacan, Foucault and Derrida, among others. The book also gives a brief introduction to the post-colonial theory and the questions of politics, quoting extensively from several important thinkers. It encapsulates structuralism, post-structuralism and post-colonialism and is a valuable reference for post-graduate students of literature and the social sciences and anyone who is interested in the subject. |
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Contents
Polemical Introduction 1 | 25 |
Language 1 | 68 |
Literature 1 | 141 |
Brief Interlude with | 196 |
Language and Literature | 207 |
Introduction | 301 |
After Structuralism | 320 |
Politics and our Western Inheritance | 467 |
The PostColonial Condition | 488 |
The Terminal Section | 513 |
Booklist | 522 |
Some Useful Websites on the Internet | 548 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Simplifications: An Introduction to Structuralism and Post-structuralism |
| Author | Aniket Jaaware |
| Publisher | Orient Blackswan, 2001 |
| ISBN | 8125016945, 9788125016946 |
| Length | 559 pages |
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