literary approaches

Question 1

methods used to compare, analyze, and interpret works of literature

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literary approaches

Question 2

comparison, analysis, interpretation of literary works

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literary criticism

Question 3

there are no correct interpretation in this approach

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reader response approach

Question 4

analysis of text based on characteristics or elements

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formalism

Question 5

neglects social, political, historical, nor cultural realities

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formalism

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uses devices, imagery, tone, and style for hints

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formalism

Question 7

analysis on how texts arrive at a different meaning rather than the explicit meaning

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structuralism

Question 8

analyzes literature through lens of socially structured gender roles

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gender approach

Question 9

women’s seeking for equal footing with men

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feminisim

Question 10

counterpart of feminism

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masculinist

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examines literature through cultural, economic, and political context

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sociological approach

Question 12

under sociological approach - investigates difference in religion, ethnicity, class identifications, and political beliefs

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cultural criticism

Question 13

under sociological approach - focuses on money and obvious privilege of people of power

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Marxist criticism

Question 14

analyzes broader historical and cultural events that influenced author while writing

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historical approach

Question 15

understanding author’s life in order to fully understand the literary work

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biographical approach