Cheryl Wheatley Flashcards
theoretical criticism
formulates theories, principles, and tenets of the value and nature or art.
practical criticism
applies theories and tenets of theoretical criticism to a particular work.
absolutist critic
only one theory or set of principles.
relativistic critic
one who uses various and contradictory theories.
intertextuality
already have read other texts.
literary theory
offers a view of life. Why we interpret texts the way we do.
transactional
the relationship between the reader and the text.
metatheory
overreaching theory
schools of criticism
go by a similar core of beliefs
Wortkunst
German word for literature.
Aesthetics
the branch of philosophy that deals with the beautiful
formalists
believe that the text alone contains qualities that make a particular piece of writing literature.