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What is Literary Criticism?

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LITERARY CRITICS ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND OR
INTERPRET WHAT A TEXT MEANS, OR DOES NOT MEAN

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What are the 7 types of criticism?

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Reader Response Criticism

Historical Criticism

Gender Criticism

Formal Criticism

(Neo-) Marxist Criticism

Archetypal Criticism

Deconstructive/ Post-Structuralist Criticism

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What is Reader Response?

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  • each individual brings a different meaning to the text
  • A reader’s response depends on personal experience, values, reading ability, and
    mood.
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What is Historical Criticism?

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  • make meaning from a text you must understand the author’s point of view.
  • meaning of the text is what the author wanted it to be. This is much more objective and does not allow for personal interpretation.
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What is Gender Criticism?

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  • focus on the authors, texts and readers, but particularly on women and 2SLGBTQIA+ readers’ responses to texts written by males.
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Formal Criticism

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  • readers should concentrate on the text itself
  • focus on identifying the meaning of the text’s words and structural components
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Neo-Marxist Criticism

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  • find meaning through a deeper look at the power relationships set up in texts
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Archetypal Criticism

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  • archetype is an image, narrative pattern, theme, character or other literary pattern which is present in all literature
  • This includes a hero’s journey, circle of life, etc.
  • Rooted in modern psychology
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Deconstructive/ Post-Structuralist Criticism

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  • consider the author’s intention, the reader’s response, the time period in which the piece was written, the feminist and Marxist approaches and so fort
  • you tear apart the text from all angles in order to understand its true meaning.
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What are the two types of fairytales?

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  1. Folk Tales
  2. Literary Tales
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What do folk tales reflect?

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  • reflects culture and background
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How were folk tales transmitted?

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Orally

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What is the difference between folk and literary tales?

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  • reading literary folk tales will not change the tale, unlike the tradition of folk tales
  • The literary form follows a different set of principles
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who created literary versions of folk tales for the royal court of King Louis XIV? And from what year did he make fairytales?

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Charles Perrault
(1628-1703)

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Who created the trend of female characters being passive and patient, and male heroes being clever, brave, and courteous?

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Charles Perrault

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Who collected folk tales and domesticated them?

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

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What is the difference between the Grimm brothers and Charles Perrault?

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  • Featured peasant heroes or heroines
  • Show royalty as being deceitful compared to the lower class
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What are the types of fairytale themes?

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1 Loss of Innocence
2 Damsels in Distress
3 Brain over Braun
4 Child as Hero
5 Villains
6 Animal Bridegroom

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What is Loss of Innocence?

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  • Coming of age
  • an experience or period in a person’s life that leads to a greater awareness of evil, pain, and/or suffering in the world around them.
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What is Damsels in Distress?

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a person, usually a young woman, who needs to be rescued from danger or trouble of some kind

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What is Brain over Braun?

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emphasizes the value of intelligence, wit, and intellect over physical strength or brawn in its characters, themes, or narratives.

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What is Child as Hero?

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literature that features young protagonists who exhibit heroism and resilience in the face of challenges.

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Villians

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characters who play antagonistic roles, often opposing the protagonist and driving conflict within the story

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Animal Bridegroom

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  • Female characters at the centre of tales
  • Female characters marrying an animal, etc
  • Animal transforms into a human

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