LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text
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An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text
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An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text
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An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: In literary theory, formalism refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of a text. The formalistic approach reduces the importance of a text’s historical, biographical, and cultural context.
Detailed explanation-2: -A formalist critic examines the form of the work as a whole, the form of each individual part of the text (the individual scenes and chapters), the characters, the settings, the tone, the point of view, the diction, and all other elements of the text which join to make it a single text.
Detailed explanation-3: -strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
Detailed explanation-4: -The word ‘formalism’ has derived from the word ‘form’. The ‘ism’ is a belief or an approach of looking at things. So, ‘formalism’ is the approach of looking at things strictly adhering to their forms.
Detailed explanation-5: -Literary criticism is concerned with how characters in a text act, while literary theory is concerned with why characters act.