LITERARY CRITICISM Flashcards
Study,analysis,and evaluation of imaginative literature.Everyone who expresses an opinion about a book,a song,a play, or a movie is critic
Literary Criticism
Focuses on a literary text itself,aside from question ls about its author or the historical and cultural contexts of its creation.
NEW CRITICISM OR FORMALISM
EXAMINING THE STRUCTURE,LANGUAGE,SYMBOLS AND THEMES WITHIN THE TEXT ITSELF
CLOSE READING(KEY ASPECT OF FORMALISM)
BELIEF THAT THE MEANING EXISTS WITHIN THE TEXT,BOT OUTSIDE OF IT
AUTONOMY OF THE TEXT(KEY ASPECTS OF FORMALISM)
THE WAY A STORY IS TOLD(FORM)IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT IT TELLS(CONTENT)
FORM AND CONTENT UNITY(KEY ASPECTS OF FORMALISM)
ANALYZIJG ELEMENTS LIKE IRONY,PARADOX,IMAGERY,SYMBOLISM,AND TONE TO INTERPRET MEANING
LITERARY DEVICES(KEY ASPECTS OF FORMALISM
INVESTIGATE THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR USING PRIMARY TEXTS,SUCH AS LETTERS,DIARIES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM
IT EXPLORES HOW PERSONAL EXPERIENCES,HISTORICAL BACKGROUND,AND EMOTIONS SHAPE THE THEMES CHARACTERS,EVENTS IN A TEXT
AUTHOR’S LIFE AND WORK CONNECTION(KEY ASPECTS OF BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM)
LETTERS JOURNALS,AUTOBIOGRAPHIES,AND INTERVIEWS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE AUTHORS THOUGHTS AND INSPIRATIONS
USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES(KEY ASPECTS OF BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM)
HELPS UNCOVER DEEPER MEANINGS BASEND ON WHAT THE AUTHOR LIVED THROUGH.
UNDERSTANDING MOTIVES AND THEMES(KEY ASPECTS OF BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM)
ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE FORMS OF LITERARY INQUIRY IN THE 20TH CENTURY(DEVELOPED IN LATE 1800S AND EARLY 19000S BY SIGMUND FREUD 1856-1939
PSYCHOLOGICAL CRITICISM