LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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A hypothesis about how literary texts can be understood
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A methodology for applying ideas to literary texts
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The practice of interpreting literary texts
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A trend in university English departments
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Detailed explanation-1: -Literary theory enables a broad appreciation of global literature. Reading a text through the lens of literary theory provides a new perspective to better understand literature, learn more about different authors’ intentions, and generally improve the quality of literature for both authors and readers.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Literary theory” is the body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of literature. By literary theory we refer not to the meaning of a work of literature but to the theories that reveal what literature can mean.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reader-response theory recognizes the reader as an active agent who imparts “real existence” to the work and completes its meaning through interpretation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis.