This paper attends to the crisis of theory in two critics: Terry Eagleton and Abdel Aziz Hammuda. Eagleton, the leading British theorist, explores vital theory-related issues in Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), The Significance of Theory (1990), and After Theory (2003). Abdel Aziz Hammuda, the Egyptian critic, playwright and professor of English literature addresses the crisis of theory in a renowned trilogy: The Convex Mirrors: From Structuralism to Deconstruction (1998), The ConcaveMirrors: Towards an Arabic Critical Theory (2001), and Getting out of the Labyrinth: Scrutinizing the Authority of the Text” (2003). Both Terry Eagleton and Abdel Aziz Hammuda are critical of newer theories, particularly Structuralism and Post-structuralism, attempting to pin down reasons behind the crisis, and to map a way out. Whereas Eagleton bases his criticism on cultural grounds, Hammuda wishes that Arab history would be re-visited instead of being caught up in the entangling Western web of theories.
Farouk, J. (2018). To Theorize or not to Theorize? The Critique of Structuralism and Post-structuralism in Terry Eagleton and Abdel Aziz Hammuda. فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 35(70), 7-36. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79589
MLA
Jehan Farouk. "To Theorize or not to Theorize? The Critique of Structuralism and Post-structuralism in Terry Eagleton and Abdel Aziz Hammuda", فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 35, 70, 2018, 7-36. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79589
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Farouk, J. (2018). 'To Theorize or not to Theorize? The Critique of Structuralism and Post-structuralism in Terry Eagleton and Abdel Aziz Hammuda', فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 35(70), pp. 7-36. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79589
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Farouk, J. To Theorize or not to Theorize? The Critique of Structuralism and Post-structuralism in Terry Eagleton and Abdel Aziz Hammuda. فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 2018; 35(70): 7-36. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79589
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