A Biocultural Approach to Literary Theory and Interpretation
Easterlin, Nancy (Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of New Orleans)
Combining cognitive and evolutionary research with traditional humanist methods, Nancy Easterlin demonstrates how a biocultural perspective in theory and criticism opens up new possibilities for literary interpretation.
Easterlin maintains that the practice of literary interpretation is still of central intellectual and social value. Taking an open yet judicious approach, she argues, however, that literary interpretation stands to gain dramati...