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Links In Literary Theory
This page presents links about a variety of critical theories that have proven useful for literary analysis.

General Links
http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~felluga/theory2.html
A good site that provides new students with an overview of several different kinds of theory.

http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/theory.html
Excellent site that contains links to a variety of different theory.

http://www.strose.edu/Library/li_twnlt.htm
A couple of different links that deal with modern theory.

http://www.degruyter.de/catalog/8050.html
No actual theory on the homepage although it does provide a jumping off platform for several different kinds of theory.

http://english.ttu.edu/comix/littheory.htm
The page itself does not provide too much theory, but some of the links it provides are excellent points to start.

http://www.saddleback.cc.ca.us/div/la/neh/scott.htm
Briefly explains five of the major styles of literary theory.

Formalism
http://www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/Paradigm/Resources/formalst.htm
Brief, but good description on how to use the formalistic approach.

http://www.sou.edu/English/Hedges/Sodashop/RCenter/Theory/Explaind/ncritexp.htm
Goes over the basic ideas of New Criticism

http://home1.gte.net/turner24/crit17.htm
A brief description of New Criticism.

Psychological Approaches
http://www2.bc.edu/~richarad/lcb/home.html
Contains several articles that deal with literature, cognition, and the brain

http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/jcp.html
Journal of Clinical Psychoanalysis. Does not deal with theory, but does provide good background articles into psychoanalysis as a practice and can be carried over into literature

http://www.psych.utah.edu/psych3400/psychody/
Has an excellent slide show the use of psychoanalysis as practiced by Freud.Also contains several articles about psychoanalysis.

http://www.ijpa.org/

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. More articles that deal with thepractice of Psychoanalysis. Remains valuable because it can be applied to literature.

http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/
One final link that deals with the practice of Psychoanalysis.

Freud Links
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Promenade/1919/index.html

The Freud Page.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/psyc/vornikFreud/FATHER.HTM

Freud’s theories of repression, the unconscious, and the Oedipal Complex.

http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/
The Freud Net

http://www.renewal2.com/freud.htm
A series of links in the Freud Archives.

http://www.mii.kurume-u.ac.jp/~leuers/AllFreudLinks-AV.htm
Good diagrams. Includes one of the Id, Ego, and Superego.

http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/tcates/1997-98/ci11d/sigmund%20freud/links.html
A list of Freud links.

http://freud.t0.or.at/
Vienna Museum of Freud.

http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/freudarc.html
Another long list of Freud links.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/
Freud: Conflict and Culture.

Mythological and Archetypal
http://www.wynja.com/personality/jungarchf.html
Process of individuation.

http://www.uia.org/uiademo/hum/h5119.htm
A brief description of archetypes.

http://www.sandplay.org/sympaper.html
A site looking for papers on symbols. Contains tons of sites that deal withsymbols.

Jung Links
http://www.mckenzieoaks.com/why.htm
A site that answers the question "Why Jung?"

http://www.cisnet.com/teacher-ed/CyberGuide/jung.html
Links that deal with different aspect of Jungian theory.

http://www.netreach.net/~nhojem/jung.htm
Great Jung link.

http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/jung.html
Extensive link that deals with several aspects of Jung.

http://www.cgjung.com/cgjung/glossary.html
Glossary of Jung terms.

http://www.wynja.com/personality/jung.html
Contains a few Jung links.

http://www.who2.com/carljung.html
Small Jung page.

Feminist Theory & Jurisprudence
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fcmain.htm
Feminist Collections: A quarterly

http://lark.cc.ukans.edu/~akdclass/femlit/femjur.html
Feminist jurisprudence introduction.

http://www.odu.edu/gnusers/davis/fem.htm
Lots of links that deal with various ideas of feminism.

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/enin.html
The Feminist Theory Website

http://www.web.apc.org/~weed/
WE (Women & Environments) Magazine

http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/
Womanist Theory and Research

http://163.238.169.25/dept/history/lavender/182links.html
Women's History & Feminist Theory Links--Some Starting Point

Cultural Studies
http://www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/Issues/CultStud/cultstud.htm
Some links that introduce cultural studies.

http://eserver.org/theory/
Documents that focus on cultural studies. Also has links to other types of theory.

http://www.popcultures.com/
Cultural studies page that contains links to theorists, articles, and calls for papers.

New Historicism
http://www.sou.edu/English/Hedges/Sodashop/RCenter/Theory/Explaind/nhistexp.htm
Presents some background, main points, and problems with the New Historicism theory.

http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/newhistoricism.html
Assumptions underlying the New Historical critical approach

http://www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/People/fouclt2.HTM
Contains several links that deal with Foucault

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/ihr/esh/deconst.html
An interesting essay that deals with the theory.

Structuralism
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~vbell/barry.html
Short essay outlining some major points in Structuralism.

http://www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/Paradigm/strcture.htm
Contains a link to Saussure as well as some structuralist vocabulary.

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/jcr/StrucFunc.html
Contains 4 links that deal with Structuralism as well as a few that deal with functionalism.

Post-Structuralism
http://www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/timeline/uslit.htm
Very very brief outline of Post-Structuralism, but it does put it in perspective with several other major theories.

http://www.qub.ac.uk/ss/pol/psrpsg/
Post-Structuralism and Radical Politics Specialist Group.


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