Идеалната критика: Джонатан Кълър в дискусия

This study is a theoretical attempt at presenting the ideas of the famous theoretician of literature Jonathan Culler. Based on his interest in language and its nature of sign, the analysis is being focused on Culler’s literary studies, which make him one of the most provocative examiners of literature and its institutions. Along with literary criticism, the modern organized school and university, such institution is the language itself. In order to be complete the analysis pays heed to several crucial concepts of Jonathan Culler’s literary theory, examining them in discussion with the theoretical ideas of authors like Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, Umberto Eco and Terry Eagleton.