ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following schools of literary criticism will you primarily be using to write your research paper?
A
Historical
B
Biographical
C
Psychoanalytical
D
Post-Colonial
Explanation: 

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: -Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or “audience") and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Formalist. Historical. Mythological. Gender Studies. Deconstructionist. Post-Colonial. Marxist. Biographical. More items •20-May-2022

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