English Flashcards
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is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
literary criticism
Aims of literary criticism (5)
To be the voice of the reader, to discover what cannot be read, to comment on what can be improved, to tackle issues that are known yet unsaid, to bring about changes in the society
is an important aspect of literary reading experience
Literary criticism
Major proponent of biographical criticism
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Major proponent of classicism
pLATO
Major proponent of Deconstructionism
Jacques Derrida
Major proponent of Formalism
Viktor shklovsky
Major proponent of Feminism
Virginia WOlf
Major proponent of existentialism
Friedrich Nietzsche
Major proponent of Gender or Queer THEORY
Judith butler
Major proponent of historical-biographical
Samuel Johnson
Major proponent of Humanism
Abraham Maslow
Major proponent of Idealism
IMMANuel kant
Major proponent of marxism
Karl Marx
Major proponent of Moral-philosopical
Aristotle
Mjaor proponent of mythological-archetypal
CarL Jung
Major proponent of naturalism
Emile Zola
Major proponent of new historicism
michel foucalt
Major proponent of post structuralism
Roland barthes
Major proponent of Psychological
Sigmund Freud
Major proponent of readers response
Hans Robert Jauss
Mjaor proponent of Realism
Honoré De Balzac
aMajor proponent of Romanticism
William Wordsworth
ARE DIFFerent perspectives we consider when looking at a piece of literature
Critical Approaches
Major proponent of sociological
Kenneth Burke
Answers to question to aid us in interpreting literature (3)
What do we read, why do we read, how do we read
About perfection, literature is an imitation of life
Classicism
Major proponent of structuralism
Ferdinand De Saussure
About the authors life, a writers life can help the reader decide how to interpret a text
Biographical
Authentic purpose and individuality, a man in an individual; “Do whatever you want to do”
EXistentialism
Binary oppositions; underlying structures, tHe literary text says something other than what is appears to say
Deconstructionism
Women empowerment, the concepts of gender are mainly cultural ideas created by patriarchal society
Feminism
Literary elements, the greatest literary texts are timeless and universal
Formalism
Gender roles; sexuality, “gender is not an essential truth obtained from ones body but something that is acted out and portrayed as reality”
Gender or Queer theory
Literature and the authors historical context, Literary works are a reflection of the authors life and times
Historical-Biographical
Rationality and free will, man is essentially rational
Humanism
Images; dystopia and utopia, images give meaNING to the ltierary text
Idealism
Money, power, and politics, plays a significant role in literary texts
Marxism
Morality and philosophy, ltierature teaches morality and probes philosophical issues
Moral-philosophical
Symbols and archetypes, a collection of symbols, images, and /or motifs evokes basically the same response to people
Mythological-archetypal
Environment and human character, environment shapes and governs the human character
nATURALISM
significant past and real world, Literary texts reflects ieas and attitudes of the time they were written
New Historicism
Language structure and self concept, the interpretation of meaning of a text is therefore dependent on the readers concept of self
Post-structuralism
Behavior and motives of characters, literary characters are a reflection of the writer
Psychological
Varied interpretations; “between and beyond” the text; literal definition, readers from different generations and time periods interpret texts differently
Readers-Response
Values of the society, literature is a reflections of its society
Sociological
Simplicity; uncomplicated feelings, the world is ideal: it is beautiful despite the chaos and disputes happening around it
Romanticism
To see things as they are, literature recreates life as it reflects the truth
Realism
Language structures and their connections to the outside world, language is a system or a structure
Structuralism
theory in romanticism
transcendentalism
