ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Biographical criticism is often associated with historical-biographical criticism, a critical method that “sees a literary work chiefly, if not exclusively, as a reflection of its author’s life and times".

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Literary criticism is concerned with how characters in a text act, while literary theory is concerned with why characters act.

Detailed explanation-4: -“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.