A few generative positions shape entire theory fields
Evidence
Instead of assembling the sort of eclectic catalogue of authors and titles that one routinely encounters in literary-critical essays these days, I have tried to concentrate on a very few positions which have been, I believe, seminal and defining. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 10
Related
- Said’s work instantiates every major phase Ahmad traces in literary theory. (similarity 0.80)
- Theory’s power lies in its accumulated common sense (similarity 0.79)
- Historical change forces theorists to invent new, more concrete concepts (similarity 0.79)
- Critical work advances dialogically and never reaches stable theoretical ground. (similarity 0.78)