LITERATURE Flashcards
It refers to the individual’s way of reading a literary text.
Literary Criticism
considered new in the 1930s
New Criticism or Formalist Criticism
Insists that each literary work shows function as a harmonious possessing a universal meaning, which suggests that there is only one “correct” way of reading.
New Criticism or Formalist Criticism
influenced by Carl Gustav Jung’s belief in the collective unconsciousness of all the people of the world.
Archetypal Criticism
Depends heavily on symbols and patterns operating on a universal scale.
Archetypal Criticism
examines the culture and society from which literature is produced, and how their influence affect literature.
Historicism
has the longest history being a 20th century phenomenon
Marxist Criticism
combines several critical methods while focusing on the questions on how gender affects a literary work, writer, or reader.
Feminist Criticism
based on linguistic theories of Ferdinand Saussure and cultural theories of Claude Levi-Strauss.
Structuralism
