Anyone who has taught a college literature course has likely heard a student say, “Can’t I just enjoy the book?” This frustration with literary theory is common. Many undergraduates feel that theory ...

For at least a half-century, scholars have been adopting literary approaches to the New Testament inspired by certain branches of literary criticism and theory. In this book, Michal Beth Dinkler uses ...

Literary theory encompasses the frameworks and concepts by which we analyse texts, interrogate narrative structures and understand the social, historical and philosophical underpinnings of literature.