Teaching Theory (Teaching the New English)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Series Preface......Page 7
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
Chronology......Page 12
Introduction: The History and Present Condition of Theory – A Brief Account......Page 22
1 Teaching Theory......Page 35
Appendix: Theory Heuristics – Short Guide for Students......Page 50
2 The Resistance to History: Teaching in the Present......Page 54
3 The Attractions of Theory......Page 70
4 Syntactics – Semantics – Pragmatics (Still Having One\'s Cake?)......Page 84
5 The Motivation of Literary Theory: From National Culture to World Literature......Page 99
6 Marketing Theory: An Overview of Theory Guides......Page 116
7 From Theory to Practice: Literary Studies in the Classroom......Page 132
8 At Home in Theory? Teaching One\'s Way Through the Theory at Home......Page 148
9 Reading by Recipe: Postcolonial Theory and the Practice of Reading......Page 167
10 Do I Hate Theory?......Page 184
Further Reading......Page 207
Index......Page 212