LITERARY APPROACHES

Question 1

• studying, evaluating, and interpreting literature.
• provides a broader philosophical framework for how to analyze literature, literary
  criticism
• offers readers new ways to understand an
  author’s work.

Answer 1

LITERARY APPROACHES

Question 2

• understanding and appreciation of the text.
• asks what literature is, what it does, and what it is worth
• range of criteria

Answer 2

LITERARY CRITICISM

Question 3

WHAT ARE THE TWO (2) SUBTYPES OFLITERARY APPROACHES?

Answer 3

1_ TRADITIONAL
2_ NEW/INTERPRETATIVE

Question 4

What are the FOUR (4) TRADITIONAL APPRAOCHES?

Answer 4

1) MARXIST (MARXISM)
2) BIOGRAPHICAL
3) HISTORICAL
4) GENDER-QUEER (FEMINIST)

Question 5

Literary Approaches

[DEPENDENT ON THE AUTHOR AND ITS WORLD]

• looking beyond the literature at the broader historical and cultural events occurring during the time the piece was written
• “What was the time period of the text like?”

Answer 5

HISTORICAL

Question 6

Literary Approaches

[DEPENDENT ON THE AUTHOR’S LIFE]

• the author’s life has a significant bearing in shaping the literary work.
• author’s Background including his way of living
• bringing out a part of the author’s life

Answer 6

BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH

Question 7

Literary Approaches

[KARL MARX THORY OF MARXISM: ARISTOCRACY, BURGEOISIE;PROLETARIAT]

• attempts to reveal the ways in which our socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of
  our experience
• class differences
• Determine the class of major and minor characters.
• Class affects characters
• Disparities between economic classes
• Operation and existence of oppressive social
  system.

Answer 7

MARXIST APPROACH

Question 8

Literary Approach

[GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE FEMINIST APPROACH]

• extension of feminist literary criticism
• issues of sexuality, power, and marginalized populations in literature and culture
• how gender and sexuality is discussed
• suggests that power is multifaceted and never just in one direction

Answer 8

GENDER-QUEER APPROACH

Question 9

Literary Approach

• what is within the text
• every literary text can stand-alone

Answer 9

INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH

Question 10

What are the two types of INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH?

Answer 10

1) READER-REPONSE APPROACH
2) FORMALIST APPROACH (FORMALISM)

Question 11

Literary Approach

[THE WORK IS PERCEIVED BY THE AUDIENCE]

• author is no longer relevant
• role of the reader cannot be omitted
• a work of literature comes alive when the reader
• interacts and connects with it

Answer 11

READER-RESPONSE APPROACH

Question 12

Literary Approach

[DEALS CHIEFLY WITH THE TEXT AND NOT WITH ANY OF THE OUTSIDE CONSIDERATIONS]

• meaning is determinant, all other considerations are irrelevant.
• treat each work as its own distinct piece.
• “close-reading”

Answer 12

FORMALIST APPROACH