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I think it's helpful to have a sticky with links people think are particularly helpful for understanding some of the assorted lit critters and movements we're discussing. I'll start with these. Please chime in with others.
- Paul de Man. His reputation suffered when some anti-semitic things he wrote during WWII came to light after his death, but he's still one of the biggies.
- Jacques Derrida. The godfather of deconstruction. Major post-structuralist
- Jacques Lacan. The guy who made Freud legit again.
- Stanley Fish. The big name in reader-response theory.
- Michel Foucault. Particularly known for his examinations of prisons, madness, and sexuality. Major post-structuralist
- Ferdinand de Saussure. Often said to be the father of modern linguistic studies and semiotics (the study of signs).
- Claude Levi-Strauss. Actually an anthropologist, his structuralist analysis became popular with critters.
- Roland Barthes . Major structuralist.
- New Criticism. A point of view emphasizing the text in isolation.
- New Historicism. The inevitable reaction to New Criticism.