Showing papers by "Jonathan Culler published in 2014"
TL;DR: This paper argued that the hermeneutical orientation of literary studies and the assumed opposition between literature and science affected the reception of French thought and led to the reconceiving it as post-structuralist.
Abstract: “French Theory” may be an American construction but it was reasonable to group together heterogeneous thinkers whose work was related to structuralism and filled a void left by American analytical philosophy. Local conditions—the hermeneutical orientation of literary studies and the assumed opposition between literature and science—affected the reception of French thought and led to the reconceiving it as “post-structuralist.” Though influenced by French theorists, American work in Gender Studies took new forms and can influence French thought in turn, as French Theory carries on in America, China, and elsewhere.
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