The death of theory
An interesting n-gram analysis of these three phrases. Is theory dying?
Sorry I can't make the images bigger here (you can click on them to download, though). The distance between each vertical line is ten years. In all three cases the peak is at 1996. The cut off (right side) is 2008.
Literary Theory
Postmodernist Theory
Feminist Theory
The Three Together:
Sorry I can't make the images bigger here (you can click on them to download, though). The distance between each vertical line is ten years. In all three cases the peak is at 1996. The cut off (right side) is 2008.
Literary Theory
Postmodernist Theory
Feminist Theory
The Three Together:
Labels: death of theory, feminist theory, literary theory, postmodernist theory