Prof. Eileen Joy

Department of English

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR A CRITICAL THEORY “PRIMER”

Figure 1. Michel Foucault Lego Action Figure (available at www.theory.org.uk)

Everything you ever wanted to know about critical theory, explained in simple and concrete terms, but were afraid to ask:

Catherine Belsey. Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Christopher Butler. Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Jonathan D. Culler. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2000.

Terry Eagleton. Literary Theory: An Introduction. University of Minnesota Press, 1996.

Philip Hill. Lacan for Beginners [comic book]. Writers and Readers Publishing, 1997.

Lydia Alex Fillingham. Foucault for Beginners [comic book]. Writers and Readers Publishing, 1994.

John Lechte. Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Postmodernity. Routledge, 1994.

Jim Powell. Derrida for Beginners [comic book]. Writers and Readers Publishing, 1996.

*Madan Sarup. An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism. 2nd ed. University of Georgia Press, 1993.

John Storey. An Introductory Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. 3rd ed. University of Georgia Press, 2003.

John Sturrock. Structuralism. 2nd ed. Blackwell, 2003.

Slavoj Zizek. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lacan But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock. Verso Press, 1996.

Slavoj Zizek. Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan Through Popular Culture. MIT Press, 1992.

*I could not have survived graduate school without this book!