lesson 1 quarter 4 Flashcards
This approach sees a literary work as a reflection of the author’s life and times.
Historical- Biographical
deems it necessary to know about the author’s political, economical, and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand the works.
Historical- Biographical
This approach takes the position that the larger function of literature is to teach morality and probe philosophical issues, such as ethics, religion or the nature of humanity.
Moral- Philosophical
It is also called as the “New Criticism”.
Formalistic Criticism
It involves close reading of the text. - critics believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself. It searches for the structure, patterns, imagery and motifs, and figurative language along with the juxtaposition of scenes, tone and other literary techniques in order to come to conclusions about the meaning of the work.
Formalistic Criticism
Traditional Critical Approaches
Historical- Biographical
Moral- Philosophical
Formalistic Criticism
New Approaches to Literary Criticism
Psychological Criticism
Feminist/ Gender Criticism
Marxist Criticism
It is an expression- in fictional form- of the author’s personality, mindset, feelings and desires.
Psychological Criticism
It is concerned to the impact of gender on writing and reading.
Feminist/ Gender Criticism
- often argue that gender determines everything, or just the opposite: that all gender differences are imposed by society, and gender determines nothing.
Feminist/ Gender Criticism
which literary works are viewed as the product of work and whose practitioners emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect, propagate, and even challenge the prevailing social order. Rather than viewing texts as repositories for hidden meanings, - critics view texts as material products to be understood in broadly historical terms. In short, literary works are viewed as a product of work.
Marxist Criticism
