LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Theory has replaced literary appreciation with formulas for understanding.
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The reasoning of theory is often too circular.
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Many theories have been pushed too far into abstraction.
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -There are many types of literary criticism. Some of the more common are traditional criticism, sociological criticism, new criticism, reader-response criticism, Feminist criticism, Marxist criticism, and media criticism.
Detailed explanation-2: -What are the different literary theories? Traditional, Formalism/ New Criticism, Structuralism/ Poststructuralism, New Historicism, Marxism, Post-Colonialism, and Gender Studies/Queer Theory are some of the most common literary theories. A critic may use one or more theories to analyza literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Such analysis may be based on a variety of critical approaches or movements, e.g. archetypal criticism, cultural criticism, feminist criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, Marxist Criticism, New Criticism (formalism/structuralism), New Historicism, post-structuralism, and reader-response criticism.
Detailed explanation-4: -A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from social structures and cultural assumptions than from individuals.