the systematic analysis and study of literature using general principles
various schools of literary theory
Examples of 'literary theory' in a sentence
literary theory
Biographia mixes literary theory and criticism with autobiography, religion and poetry.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
She also masters literary theory and commands historical context.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
In its prime, of course, literary theory was comparably provocative.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
The book's bravery in questioning the gains and contradictions of contemporary literary theory is bracing.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
He prides himself on being both a successful novelist and a serious scholar, writing books about literary theory and criticism.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A week later, the same 'acrimoniously divided' faculty led the paper to run a round table on 'modern literary theory: its place in teaching'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Simultaneously, the literary novel had become increasingly hermetic, more interestedin literary theory than in narrative.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So, too, had the once revolutionary appeal of literary theory, which, increasingly uncoupled from reality, was already ossifying into a 'new academic orthodoxy'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Today many will say that literary theory was a fashion that has come and gone.