This paper addresses the institutional context and academic practices related to the production and use of literary theory and criticism in the Spanish universities, with a special focus on the role of theory in Spanish Anglistics in recent years. The paper assesses interdisciplinary communication, the impact of new theoretical paradigms (feminism, postcolonial Studies, etc.) in a specifically ...

criticizing the drawbacks of modern societies, lyotard glorifies the changing of meta-narration to show lack of such narrations totally. for him such a condition or changing of sub-narrations to periphery ones gives him an opportunity to self-expression and survival chance, which by intention to solidarity, stability, etc. they have been deprived of their identity, but keeping eternality of suc...

This article discusses the controversies surrounding the use of family systems theory as a framework for understanding family violence. The author examines potential implications for the exclusion of family systems approaches in the research and treatment of family violence. In addition, the author describes several opportunities that may arise through the application of family systems theory t...

During the second half of twentieth century a new era arose when many countries gained independence, transitioning from colony to country. According literary critics and theorists, term “postcolonial” is defined as all culture affected by imperial process moment colonization present day. Colonialism has had an immeasurable influence on history world, societies individuals. It penetrated larger ...

This paper critically explores the centrality of intertextuality in the production and appreciation of Chinua Achebe’s fiction, mainly, his political novel that deals with militarism, Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Intertextuality deals with relations among texts: no text is an island. The departure from author-centred theory of literary criticism to unrestricted and diversified one, followin...