Edward Tomarken is the author of six books including Genre and Ethics: The Education of an Eighteenth-century Literary Critic and Johnson, "Rasselas," and the Choice of Criticism. He is an emeritus professor of English at Miami University, Ohio.

The book's principal aim is simply to show how the explanation of theory can be clarified by film, and to lay out some practical guidelines for teaching along these lines.

• List of Films AnalyzedIntroductionChapter One DeconstructionChapter Two Michel Foucault and "power-knowledge"Chapter Three Reception Theory :Wolfgang IserChapter Four Jacques Lacan: Post-FreudianismChapter Five Fredric Jameson: Post-MarxismChapter Six Hélène Cixous: Post-FeminismConclusionSuggestions for TeachingBibliographyIndex

Edward Tomarken is the author of six books including Genre and Ethics: The Education of an Eighteenth-century Literary Critic and Johnson, "Rasselas," and the Choice of Criticism. He is an emeritus professor of English at Miami University, Ohio.

The book's principal aim is simply to show how the explanation of theory can be clarified by film, and to lay out some practical guidelines for teaching along these lines.

• List of Films AnalyzedIntroductionChapter One DeconstructionChapter Two Michel Foucault and "power-knowledge"Chapter Three Reception Theory :Wolfgang IserChapter Four Jacques Lacan: Post-FreudianismChapter Five Fredric Jameson: Post-MarxismChapter Six Hélène Cixous: Post-FeminismConclusionSuggestions for TeachingBibliographyIndex

Edward Tomarken is the author of six books including Genre and Ethics: The Education of an Eighteenth-century Literary Critic and Johnson, "Rasselas," and the Choice of Criticism. He is an emeritus professor of English at Miami University, Ohio.

The book's principal aim is simply to show how the explanation of theory can be clarified by film, and to lay out some practical guidelines for teaching along these lines.

• List of Films AnalyzedIntroductionChapter One DeconstructionChapter Two Michel Foucault and "power-knowledge"Chapter Three Reception Theory :Wolfgang IserChapter Four Jacques Lacan: Post-FreudianismChapter Five Fredric Jameson: Post-MarxismChapter Six Hélène Cixous: Post-FeminismConclusionSuggestions for TeachingBibliographyIndex