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Jonathan Culler

    October 1, 1944

    Jonathan Culler is a literary theorist renowned for his exploration of structuralist linguistics and its impact on literary criticism. His work is characterized by a profound analysis of how linguistic structures shape our understanding of literature and culture. Culler delves into the fundamental questions of literary theory and its connections to broader interdisciplinary fields. His approach offers readers fresh perspectives on the meaning and practice of literary interpretation.

    Jonathan Culler
    The literary in theory
    Barthes: A Very Short Introduction
    Structuralist poetics : structuralism, linguistics and the study of literature
    The Pursuit of Signs
    On Deconstruction
    Ferdinand De Saussure
    • 2020

      Teorie lyriky

      • 460 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Jonathan Culler (* 1944) patří k nejvýznamnějším literárním teoretikům a jeho Krátký úvod do literární teorie (česky 2002, 2015) se těší trvalé oblibě v USA i u nás. Teorie lyriky si klade za cíl přistoupit k oblasti lyrické poezie pružně a nedogmaticky, přitom ale s vědomím bohatých vnitřních vazeb tradice básnického psaní, poslechu a čtení, které se osvědčují v autorské i čtenářské zkušenosti, a tím ustavují jednotu žánru. Oproti hermeneutické otázce po smyslu básnického textu Culler zdůrazňuje to, o co báseň jazykově usiluje a čeho svou výpovědí dosahuje: v centru zájmu se tak ocitá například oslovování, chvála a hana či rytmus a rituál. Culler využívá teoretických podnětů, jež nachází například v díle G. W. F. Hegela, T. W. Adorna či fenomenologicky zaměřené K. Hamburgerové, ale současně svou úvahu vždy odvíjí od konkrétních příkladů a dbá na to, aby kniha mohla sloužit i jako učební úvod.

      Teorie lyriky
    • 2015

      Theory of the Lyric

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      What sort of thing is a lyric poem? An intense expression of subjective experience? The fictive speech of a specifiable persona? Theory of the Lyric reveals the limitations of these two conceptions of the lyric—the older Romantic model and the modern conception that has come to dominate the study of poetry—both of which neglect what is most striking and compelling in the lyric and falsify the long and rich tradition of the lyric in the West. Jonathan Culler explores alternative conceptions offered by this tradition, such as public discourse made authoritative by its rhythmical structures, and he constructs a more capacious model of the lyric that will help readers appreciate its range of possibilities. “Theory of the Lyric brings Culler’s own earlier, more scattered interventions together with an eclectic selection from others’ work in service to what he identifies as a dominant need of the critical and pedagogical present: turning readers’ attention to lyric poems as verbal events, not fictions of impersonated speech. His fine, nuanced readings of particular poems and kinds of poems are crucial to his arguments. His observations on the workings of aspects of lyric across multiple different structures are the real strength of the book. It is a work of practical criticism that opens speculative vistas for poetics but always returns to poems.” —Elizabeth Helsinger, Critical Theory

      Theory of the Lyric
    • 2011
    • 2008

      On Deconstruction

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      With an emphasis on readers and reading, Jonathan Culler considers deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic, feminist, and reader-response criticism.

      On Deconstruction
    • 2007

      The literary in theory

      • 296 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.6(49)Add rating

      This work explores the role of the literary in theory, with wide-ranging analysis of key concepts and disciplinary practices.

      The literary in theory
    • 2005

      Předkládaný svazek tří studií amerického poststrukturalisty, představitele tzv. Yaleské školy, se zabývá různými naratologickými otázkami, dokumentuje proměny v této oblasti. Studie představují zkoumání teorie fikce, diskurs a diskursivní sílu narativu, ilustrováno na Oidipově příběhu. Autorův zájem o diskurs souvisí se současným literárněteoretickým a filozofickým uvažováním v rámci poststrukturální a postmoderní kritiky tzv. velkých vyprávění. Culler se ve svých studiích opírá o klasické přístupy narativní teorie pro analýzu textů, zkoumá vztah mezi vypravěčem a jeho posluchači, viz studie „Vševědoucnost“. V Cullerově optice je věcí autorského záměru, co a kdy čtenáři sdělí, a je tedy zavádějící vycházet z apriorního vypravěčského vědomí. Studie jsou dokladem nepředpojatého a racionálního kritického přístupu. V českém literárním prostoru je autor znám dvakrát vydaným Krátkým úvodem do teorie literatury (2002, 2015). — Svazek obsahuje též komentář a bibliografii.

      Studie k teorii fikce
    • 2002

      Barthes: A Very Short Introduction

      • 152 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.7(230)Add rating

      Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well as history and psychoanalysis. But Barthes was a man who disliked orthodoxies. This book surveys Barthes' work in prose.

      Barthes: A Very Short Introduction
    • 2002

      Culler's most famous work, Structuralist Poetics has never been out of print since first publication in 1975, selling over 20,000 copies. It introduced a new way of studying literature by attempting to create a systematic account of the structure of literary works, rather than studying the meaning of the work. Culler's new preface answers some of the criticisms levelled at his approach and details how it is still as relevant today as when it was first published.

      Structuralist poetics : structuralism, linguistics and the study of literature
    • 2001

      The Pursuit of Signs

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.9(72)Add rating

      This widely acclaimed work remains an important and vital work of literary scholarship. Covering semiotics, reader response criticism, and the value of the apostrophe, this work provides a detailed analysis of literary criticism

      The Pursuit of Signs
    • 1997

      Literary Theory

      • 152 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.7(3423)Add rating

      What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These questions and more are addressed in Literary A Very Short Introduction , a book which steers a clear path through a subject which is often perceivedto be complex and impenetrable.Jonathan Culler, an extremely lucid commentator and much admired in the field of literary theory, offers discerning insights into such theories as the nature of language and meaning, and whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience. Concise yet thorough,Literary Theory also outlines the ideas behind a number of different deconstruction, semiotics, postcolonial theory, and structuralism, among others.From topics such as literature and social identity to poetry, poetics, and rhetoric, Literary A Very Short Introduction is a welcome guide for anyone interested in the importance of literature and the debates surrounding it.About the Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundredsof key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

      Literary Theory