Poststructuralism

The following works give useful outlines of poststructuralism:

Davis, C. After Poststructuralism: Reading, Stories and Theory, Routledge, London, 2004

Williams, J, Understanding Poststructuralism, Acumen, Chesham, 2005

The following works give useful outlines of poststructuralism as it relates to education:

Martausewicz, R. Seeking Passage: Post-Structuralism, Pedagogy and Ethics, Teachers College

Press, Columbia University 2001

Peters, M (ed.), Naming the Multiple: Poststructuralism and Education, Bergin and Garvey,

Westport, CN, 1998

St.Pierre, E & Pillow, W, Working the Ruins: Feminist Poststructural Theory and Methods in

Education, Routledge, New York, 2000

The following works give a general overview of poststructuralism and postmodernism from a literary theory perspective:

Barry, P. Beginning theory: an introduction to literary and cultural theory. Manchester

University Press, Manchester, 2002.

Barthes, Roland. Elements of Semiology. New York: Hill and Wang, 1967.

Cuddon, J. A. Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory. London: Penguin, 1998.

Eagleton, T. Literary theory: an introduction Basil Blackwell, Oxford,1983.

Foucault, Michel. Society Must be Defended. (Trans. David Macey). Bertani, Mauro & Fontana,

Alessandro (eds.). Picador, NY 2003.

Lévinas, Emmanuel. Humanism of the Other. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2003. p. 11-:12.

Ryan, M. Literary theory: a practical introduction Blackwell Publishers Inc,

Massachusetts,1999.

Wolfreys, J & Baker, W (eds). Literary theories: a case study in critical performance.

Macmillan Press, Hong Kong,1996.

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