Simplifications brings to the Indian reader a comprehensive overview of Western literary theory of the post-1960s. A compendium of the dominant trends of that period, it introduces the reader to the thoughts and ideas of important thinkers like Saussure, Lacan, Foucault and Derrida, among others. To introduce the readers to the existing body of work in the field, the book discusses the writings of Freud and Heidegger and a few other thinkers. Saussure’s ...
