LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Formalism
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Mythological-Archetypal
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Reader Response
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Post Structuralism
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Detailed explanation-1: -A strictly formalist critic would, for example, approach The Great Gatsby as a structure of words, ignoring the details of Fitzgerald’s life and the social and historical contexts of the novel.
Detailed explanation-2: -A formalist critic examines the form of the work as a whole, the form of each individual part of the text (the individual scenes and chapters), the characters, the settings, the tone, the point of view, the diction, and all other elements of the text which join to make it a single text.
Detailed explanation-3: -In literary theory, formalism refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of a text. These features include not only grammar and syntax but also literary devices such as meter and tropes.
Detailed explanation-4: -How is the work’s structure unified? How do various elements of the work reinforce its meaning? What recurring patterns (repeated or related words, images, etc.) can you find? What is the effect of.