The Possible Futures of Theory

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This paper examines the future of literary theory and dissects the current shortcomings in the field. The paper challenges those in the field of literary criticism and theory to ask questions about what is an ideal future and prompts those outside the realms of literary theory to question why and how they are not part of that future.

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"They say the future is an unwritten book, a blank page ready to be scrawled upon by those with the desire to provide the ink and quill. The future of literary theory seems to differ from this, blank page, analogy in several key ways that will help to define and shape its future. This future, as all futures, has several different and unique outcomes. Each is equally plausible and has its own merits and drawbacks, but perhaps there is an ideal future for literary theory and criticism that we, as a collective whole, can bring about."

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