ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Archetypal Criticism examines ____
A
how texts rely on patterns for their meanings
B
how texts are an isolated unit
C
how readers use history to analyze text
D
how readers emotionally respond to the text
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Archetypal criticism is a form of analysis based on the identification and study of recurring symbolic and mythic patterns.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archetypal criticism is concerned with the way cycles and reiterating patterns of tradition, culture, inborn images, and beliefs affect literary works. It operates with the idea that certain symbols represent the same ideas no matter the time or place.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or “audience") and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archetypal literary criticism is a type of critical theory that interprets a text by focusing on recurring myths and archetypes in the narrative, symbols, images, and character types in a literary work.

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