Contemporary Literary Theories

New literary movements and fresh theoretical perspectives often come as spinoffs or extensions of existing frameworks. The decline, if not demise, of postmodernism as a vital cultural force, spurred diverse and discordant theoretical propositions into claiming a place as the next dominant paradigm. Picking the thread from postmodern ideas, and combining wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and inclusive approaches like ethics, global cultures, digital technology, immigration, and environment, scholars and theorists have since come up with a range of new ideas and theories. What those fresh perspectives are, and where they stand as possible replacements or alternatives to postmodernism, merits a closer look.This book combines, in one place, a detailed and critical discussion of all such concepts and theories, providing the students of (literary) theory a holistic theoretical toolkit to apply on literary works.