ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What approach to literary criticism requires the critic to know about the author’s life and times?
A
Historical
B
Formalist
C
Mimetic
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Biographical criticism is a form of literary criticism which analyzes a writer’s biography to show the relationship between the author’s life and their works of literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historical-biographical criticism: Historical-biographical criticism examines literature through the perspective of the author’s historical context.

Detailed explanation-3: -Historical-Biographical. This approach sees a literary work as a reflection of the author’s life and times or the life and times of the characters in the work.

Detailed explanation-4: -The psychological approach analyzes the symbolic fictions that arise from the inner thoughts and subconscious of the characters or the writers and attempts to explain them in a rational manner. Sociological criticism focuses on the relationship between literature and society, the social function of literature.

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