LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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What is literature?
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Why do people write literature?
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What are the effects of literature?
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All of these.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is literary theory that formulates the relationship between author and work; literary theory develops the significance of race, class, and gender for literary study, both from the standpoint of the biography of the author and an analysis of their thematic presence within texts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Literary theory enables readers and critics a better understanding of literature through close readings and contextual insights.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are four major critical theories in literature which are Mimetic theory, Pragmatic theory, Expressive theory and finally Objective theory. All of these critical theories are different in their own ways.
Detailed explanation-4: -How does the work reflect the writer’s personal psychology? What do the characters’ emotions and behaviors reveal about their psychological states? How does the work reflect the unconscious dimensions of the writer’s mind? How does the reader’s own psychology affect his response to the work?