LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Marxist Criticism
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Gender Criticism
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Archetypal Criticism
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New American Criticism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biographical Criticism argues that we must take an author’s life and background into account when we study a text.
Detailed explanation-2: -Psychological/ Psychoanalytic criticism-This approach views a text as a revelation of its author’s mind and personality. It is based on the work of Sigmund Freud. It also focuses on the hidden motivations of literary characters. It looks at literary characters as a reflection of the writer.
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: -A Critical Literary Lens influences how you look at a work. A great example that is often used, is the idea of putting on a pair of glasses, and the glasses affecting how you view your surroundings.