ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

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This school of literary criticism focuses on how writing has been affected by the imperial process throughout history
A
Marxism
B
Post-colonialism
C
Feminism
D
Psychoanalytical
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Post-colonialism: The principal aim of post-colonial literary studies is to examine how the exploitation of indigenous civilizations by the Western imperial powers (mainly the US and UK) affected the literature from both the colonizing and the colonized nations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Formalism is a school of literary criticism and literary theory having mainly to do with structural purposes of a particular text. It is the study of a text without taking into account any outside influence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Formalism and New Criticism “Formalism” is, as the name implies, an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text. The work of the Formalists had a general impact on later developments in “Structuralism” and other theories of narrative.

Detailed explanation-4: -Formalist. Historical. Mythological. Gender Studies. Deconstructionist. Post-Colonial. Marxist. Biographical. More items •20-May-2022

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