Prof. Dr. Kazem Khalaf Al-Ali, the instructor in the Translation Department of the College of Arts, The University of Basrah,  published a new translated book entitled “An Introduction to the Study of Literary Theory”  for its author Roger Webster by Abjad for translation, publishing and distribution.

The book includes 200 pages and consists of five chapters which are the points of difference, what is literary theory, language and narration, society and individual and textual relationships, in addition to the chapters’ margins and a glossary for additional reading.The five chapters included thirty five sections.

The practice of literary theory became a profession in the twentieth century, but it had historical roots that back to ancient Greece (early Aristotle's poetry is often cited)  ancient India (Bhatra Muni essay on the Natya Shastra), ancient Rome (Longinus' treatise on the Sublime) and medieval Iraq (Al-Jahiz Al-Bayan, Al-Tabiyyin and Al-Haywan, and Al-Badi' book by Ibn Al-Mu'tazz). The aesthetic theories of philosophers from ancient philosophy until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries represented important influences on current literary study, and literary theory and criticism were linked to the history of literature. In his book, Introduction to the Study of Literary Theory, Roger Webster, provided an accessible introductory guide to some of the most important aspects of literary theory including post-structuralism, postmodernism, neo-historicism, postcolonial theories, and gender identity theories, and blended them into more traditional terminology and approaches to ensure that the areas discussed are not entirely unfamiliar.