Literary Crit

Question 1

Psychoanalytic

Answer 1

Study of the mind, conscious and unconscious. (Sigmund Freud) (Id, ego, superego)

Question 2

Archetypal

Answer 2

Recurring symbols, themes, chr types (Carl jung) (the hero’s journey, call to adv, supernatural aid, challenges and temptations, revelation, transformation, atonement, return)

Question 3

Marxist

Answer 3

Economic impacts, class struggle in shaping society and culture (Karl Marx)

BOURGEOISIE
PROLETARIAT

Question 4

Feminist

Answer 4

Ways lit reflects and challenges societal attitudes towards women and gender (ways lit has been used to marginalize and oppress women)

Agency. - chrs ability to have control over own choices, thoughts, actions
Judith butler

Question 5

Ecological

Answer 5

Relationship between lit and nature

Nature vs civilization
How chrs are represented based on treatment of nature etc etc

Question 6

New Historicist

Answer 6

How the time period in which the text was written influence’s author’s writing

Requires research

Question 7

Critical race theory

Answer 7

How lit reflects, perpetuates(continues) or challenges societal structures of race, racism, and power

Question 8

Post colonial

Answer 8

Effects and aftermath of colonialism, how it affects chrs, themes, settings, etc

Identity, representation, power dynamics, lingering effects, resistance, agency
HYBRIDITY - blending of cultures and identities

Question 9

Gender Theory

Answer 9

How lit reflects, constructs, and challenges ideas abt gender with focus on gender role reinforcement or questioning

Heteronormativity - idea that heterosexuality is the norm.

Judith Butler