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About Cultural Development

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Have some fun with the Quizzes de conocimiento intercultural

Literary Theory Resources

Introductory Guide to Critical Theory

This page offers a quick and easy review of some of the most important theoretical concepts. This page includes different approaches such as Marxism, Psychoanalysis, New Historicism, Feminism and so on.

Critical Theory

If you are looking for a brief explanation of the different criticisms used by Literary Scholars, then this page provides excellent summaries and a selected bibliography.

Other useful sources:

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Literary Vocabulary

The Literary Encyclopedia

Literary Dictionary

Dictionary of Literary Terms

Analyzing Cinema

How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond by James Monaco is available in Google books: http://books.google.com/books/about/How_to_Read_a_Film.html?id=aI-_c_NFqo8C

How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond 's Web Page

Basic Terms: The Grammar of Television and Film: http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/gramtv.html

Some Guidelines for Analysis of Film Sequences: http://www.essex.ac.uk/lifts/FilmstudiesNew/guidelinesForAnalysisOfFilmSequences.aspx

Film Analysis Essay Guidelines: http://www.studyguide.org/fillmterms.htm