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<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
According to the Collins English Dictionary, literary theory is defined as "the systematic analysis and study of [[literature]] using general principles". A common misconception about literary theory is that it is focused on the meaning of a work of literature, whereas the actual study involves the tools by which people attempt to understand literature. <ref name=Ref1/> With different schools of theory critics of different literary works can focus on those works through different aspects they consider the most important(for example a Marxist theory may focus on how [[character|characters]] in a story react to an economic situation). <ref name=Ref2/> Critics use more than one school of literary theory when analyzing a work.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Types of Literary Theory==<br />
<br />
=== Archetypal/Myth Criticism ===<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth critics, such as C.G. Jung and Joseph Campbell, view the genres and individual plot patterns of literature, including highly sophisticated and realistic works, as recurrences of certain archetypes and essential mythic formulae.<ref name=Ref10/> Archetypes are "repeated types of experience in lives of ancient ancestors which inherited the collective unconscious of the human race and are expressed in myths, dreams, religion, and private fantasies, also in the work of literature." - C.G. Jung <br />
<br />
Examples of Archetypes: the sun, the moon, circles, colors, Wise Old Man, the Great Mother, etc. Another archetype would be the color white, signifies death and is associated with innocence.<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth Authors:<br />
*[[C.G. Jung]]<br />
*[[Joseph Campbell]]<br />
*[[Robert Graves]]<br />
<br />
===Psychoanalytic Criticism===<br />
Psychoanalytic criticism, is one of the initial approaches within the school of literary criticism. This concept is used by critics to analyze the unconsciousness of the mind; which consists of desires, fears, enjoyments or anything that causes human to be driven without knowledge of their actions. Psychoanalytic method was originally constructed by [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/twolives/freudbio.html Sigmund Freud], when he was studying patients in an asylum. <br />
<br />
The ''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory'' says, Freud began his researches into the workings of the human mind in 1881, after a century during which Europe and America saw the reform of the insane asylum and an ever-increasing interest in "abnormal" psychological states, especially the issue of "nervous diseases" (which was the first phenomenon that Freud studied, examining the nervous system of fish while gaining his medical degree at the University of Vienna from 1873 to 1881).<ref name=Ref3/> <br />
<br />
Holland says, the psychoanalytic literary critic's primary job is to foreground that psychological element in what he or she says about books. In other words, the psychoanalytic critics should be interpreting their own, if you will, counter-transference to the text or whatever else they are describing.<ref name=Ref4/> <br />
<br />
For example if the literary critic wants to apply the psychoanalytic approach to a specific piece of work or literature, the theory is applied directly with the following the concepts:<ref name=Ref5/><br />
<ol><br />
<li>Consider the author’s personality to explain and interpret a text<br />
<li>What psychological theories are present in the characters (Oedipal complex, obsessive compulsive, sexual repression, denial, guilt)?<br />
<li>What repressed material is expressed in imagery or symbols?<br />
</ol><br />
<br />
The literary critic will then be able to exhibit to the reader the images that are needed to properly interpret and grasp the message of the writer.<br />
<br />
===Feminist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Feminist Criticism is the analysis of the thoughts on feminism, feminist theory, or feminist politics. Authors use this to change the way literature portrays woman characters. Feminist theory has raised questions towards society. It asks if the world values male characters over females or if they feel that females are not as strong as males.<ref name=Ref6/> When feminist criticism began is focused on politics of women authorship and the representation of woman’s conditions in literature.<ref name=Ref7/> Currently, feminist criticism focuses on certain aspects of society with women; such as education, politics, and the work force. <br /><br/><br />
<br />
Feminist Writers:<br />
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]]<br />
*[[Julia Kristeva]] <br />
*[[Elaine Showalter]] <br />
<br />
===Reader-response Criticism===<br />
<br />
Reader-response Criticism is the focus of the reader's reaction to a particular work of literature.<ref name=Ref13/> The reader takes into account their own personal beliefs and background knowledge to analyze the author's work.<br />
<br />
===Marxist Criticism===<br />
<br />
In literature, Marxist criticism focuses on money and power.<ref name=Ref8/> It was founded on the ideals of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The story lines are usually affected or influenced by the economy or social classes. This criticism usually exposes the way a socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of our experience.<ref name=Ref9/> The notions of Marxism places emphasis on the convergence between the dominant and repressed classes. Also, Marxism encourages art to imitate what is often termed an "objective" reality. Contemporary Marxism is more general in its desired goal and views art as simultaneously reflective and autonomous to the era in which it was produced.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br /><br/><br />
<br />
Marxist Authors:<br />
*[[Karl Marx]]<br />
*[[Leon Trotsky]]<br />
*[[Georg Lukács]]<br />
<br />
===New Criticism===<br />
<br />
New Criticism is a literary movement beginning in he late 1920's and 1930's. This movement derived from the reaction to traditional criticism that new critics believe were considered highly important, such as the biography or psychology of the author or the work's relations to the history of literature. The notion of New Criticism is that a work of literary art should be considered autonomous so that it is not judged, or stereotyped, by reference to considerations beyond the work.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br />
Major New Criticism Figures:<br />
*[[I. A. Richards]]<br />
*[[T. S. Eliot]]<br />
*[[Cleanth Brooks]] <br />
*[[David Daiches]] <br />
*[[William Empson]]<br />
<br />
===Formalist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Formalist criticism is an approach that emphasizes literary form and and studies the structural purposes or literary devices of a text. Formalism seeks to study literature on a scientific base using objective analysis from the motifs, devices, techniques, and other functions. The literariness of the text served the Formalists the most importance. It was what they considered to separate their literary aspects from all other types of writing. They cared most that their narrative had meaning and displayed the "hero function." <br />
<ref name=Ref11/><br />
<br />
===Civic Criticism===<br />
<br />
Civic Criticism looks into the social and political ideas and attitudes of literature. Those factors are determined whether it is progressive or not.<ref name=Ref12/> <br />
<br />
===Modernism/ Post-Modernism===<br />
<br />
Modernism is the rejection of traditional forms of literature. It turns the work into a new experimental form. Modernism writing usually consists of several allusions. Modernism tends to focus around enlightenment ideas<ref name=Ref5/> <br />
<br />
Post-Modernism follows the same suit as modernism, but with a twist. It forms a new framework. Post-Modernism tends to consist of free-play and disclosure. Theorist, Ihab Hassan, created a list of to show some difference between the two.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
<table style="width:300px"><br />
<tr><br />
<td>'''Modernism'''</td><br />
<td>'''Post-Modernism'''</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Purpose</td><br />
<td>Play</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Design</td><br />
<td>Chance</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Hierarchy</td><br />
<td>Anarchy</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Totalization</td><br />
<td>Deconstruction</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Presence</td><br />
<td>Absence</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Root/Depth</td><br />
<td>Rhizome/Surface</td> <br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===Post-Colonialism===<br />
<br />
Post-Colonialism is a collection of theoretical and critical strategies that is used to examine culture like in literature, politics, history, etc., and their relations with the world. Post-colonial writers want to resurrect both their culture and to combat preconceptions of their culture.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Post-Colonialism Figures:<br />
*[[Edward Said]]<br />
*[[Frantz Fanon]]<br />
<br />
===Existentialism===<br />
<br />
Existentialism is a philosophy that views each person as an isolated being and who sees the world as no value or meaning. This philosophy was promoted by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Sartre saw human beings as being free to choose whatever conscious decision that they wanted to. "Man/Women are condemned to be free," -Jean-Paul Sartre. Most defined existence as absurd and anguished because there would be a world without sense and people are free to do whatever they want.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Existentialism Figures:<br />
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]<br />
*[[Albert Camus]]<br />
<br />
===Structuralism===<br />
<br />
Structuralism is the concern for descriptions and perceptions of structures. Human activity is constructed, not natural or essential, according to Structuralist. This means, in any situation has to have some reasoning/meaning behind it.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Structuralism Figures:<br />
*[[Terence Hawkes]]<br />
*[[ Roman Jakobson]]<br />
*[[ Claude Lévi-Strauss]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
*<ref name=Ref1>“Literary Theory” by Vince Brewton, ''The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', ISSN 2161-0002, <http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/>, accessed 16 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref2>"Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism" by Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins. ''Purdue OWL'', <https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/>. </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref3>"Modules on Freud: On Psychosexual Development." by Felluga. Dino.''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory''.<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/psychoanalysis/freud.html>. July 12, 2002. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref4>The Mind and the Book: A Long Look at Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism by N Holland, Norman. ''University of Florida'', <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/nholland/mindbook.htm>.1998. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref5>''Literary Theories: A Sampling of Lenses'' by Daniel Mesick.''Como Park Senior High School'', <http://comosr.spps.org/lit_theory>, accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref6>Napikoski, Linda. Feminist Literary Crticism. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_criticism.htm>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref7>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. Feminist Criticism (1960s-present).<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/11/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref8>'Literary Theories: A Sampling of Critical Lenses.'<br />
<http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref9>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. "Marxist Criticism (1930s-present)."<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/05/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref10>"Introduction to Modern Literary Theory" by Dr. Kristi Siegel,<br />
<http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref11>"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" by Vince Brewton, <br />
<http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/#H3>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref12>Cuddon, J. A. (2013). "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory."</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref13>"Introduction to Literature" by Michael Delahoyde,<br />
<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/06/>, accessed 25 April 2014</ref><br />
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==External Links==<br />
* http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory.<br />
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<div><br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
According to the Collins English Dictionary, literary theory is defined as "the systematic analysis and study of [[literature]] using general principles". A common misconception about literary theory is that it is focused on the meaning of a work of literature, whereas the actual study involves the tools by which people attempt to understand literature. <ref name=Ref1/> With different schools of theory critics of different literary works can focus on those works through different aspects they consider the most important(for example a Marxist theory may focus on how [[character|characters]] in a story react to an economic situation). <ref name=Ref2/> Critics use more than one school of literary theory when analyzing a work.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Types of Literary Theory==<br />
<br />
=== Archetypal/Myth Criticism ===<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth critics, such as C.G. Jung and Joseph Campbell, view the genres and individual plot patterns of literature, including highly sophisticated and realistic works, as recurrences of certain archetypes and essential mythic formulae.<ref name=Ref10/> Archetypes are "repeated types of experience in lives of ancient ancestors which inherited the collective unconscious of the human race and are expressed in myths, dreams, religion, and private fantasies, also in the work of literature." - C.G. Jung <br />
<br />
Examples of Archetypes: the sun, the moon, circles, colors, Wise Old Man, the Great Mother, etc. Another archetype would be the color white, signifies death and is associated with innocence.<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth Authors:<br />
*[[C.G. Jung]]<br />
*[[Joseph Campbell]]<br />
*[[Robert Graves]]<br />
<br />
===Psychoanalytic Criticism===<br />
Psychoanalytic criticism, is one of the initial approaches within the school of literary criticism. This concept is used by critics to analyze the unconsciousness of the mind; which consists of desires, fears, enjoyments or anything that causes human to be driven without knowledge of their actions. Psychoanalytic method was originally constructed by [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/twolives/freudbio.html Sigmund Freud], when he was studying patients in an asylum. <br />
<br />
The ''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory'' says, Freud began his researches into the workings of the human mind in 1881, after a century during which Europe and America saw the reform of the insane asylum and an ever-increasing interest in "abnormal" psychological states, especially the issue of "nervous diseases" (which was the first phenomenon that Freud studied, examining the nervous system of fish while gaining his medical degree at the University of Vienna from 1873 to 1881).<ref name=Ref3/> <br />
<br />
Holland says, the psychoanalytic literary critic's primary job is to foreground that psychological element in what he or she says about books. In other words, the psychoanalytic critics should be interpreting their own, if you will, counter-transference to the text or whatever else they are describing.<ref name=Ref4/> <br />
<br />
For example if the literary critic wants to apply the psychoanalytic approach to a specific piece of work or literature, the theory is applied directly with the following the concepts:<ref name=Ref5/><br />
<ol><br />
<li>Consider the author’s personality to explain and interpret a text<br />
<li>What psychological theories are present in the characters (Oedipal complex, obsessive compulsive, sexual repression, denial, guilt)?<br />
<li>What repressed material is expressed in imagery or symbols?<br />
</ol><br />
<br />
The literary critic will then be able to exhibit to the reader the images that are needed to properly interpret and grasp the message of the writer.<br />
<br />
===Feminist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Feminist Criticism is the analysis of the thoughts on feminism, feminist theory, or feminist politics. Authors use this to change the way literature portrays woman characters. Feminist theory has raised questions towards society. It asks if the world values male characters over females or if they feel that females are not as strong as males.<ref name=Ref6/> When feminist criticism began is focused on politics of women authorship and the representation of woman’s conditions in literature.<ref name=Ref7/> Currently, feminist criticism focuses on certain aspects of society with women; such as education, politics, and the work force. <br /><br/><br />
<br />
Feminist Writers:<br />
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]]<br />
*[[Julia Kristeva]] <br />
*[[Elaine Showalter]] <br />
<br />
===Reader-response Criticism===<br />
<br />
Reader-response Criticism is the focus of the reader's reaction to a particular work of literature.<ref name=Ref13/> The reader takes into account their own personal beliefs and background knowledge to analyze the author's work.<br />
<br />
===Marxist Criticism===<br />
<br />
In literature, Marxist criticism focuses on money and power.<ref name=Ref8/> It was founded on the ideals of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The story lines are usually affected or influenced by the economy or social classes. This criticism usually exposes the way a socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of our experience.<ref name=Ref9/> The notions of Marxism places emphasis on the convergence between the dominant and repressed classes. Also, Marxism encourages art to imitate what is often termed an "objective" reality. Contemporary Marxism is more general in its desired goal and views art as simultaneously reflective and autonomous to the era in which it was produced.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br /><br/><br />
<br />
Marxist Authors:<br />
*[[Karl Marx]]<br />
*[[Leon Trotsky]]<br />
*[[Georg Lukács]]<br />
<br />
===New Criticism===<br />
<br />
New Criticism is a literary movement beginning in he late 1920's and 1930's. This movement derived from the reaction to traditional criticism that new critics believe were considered highly important, such as the biography or psychology of the author or the work's relations to the history of literature. The notion of New Criticism is that a work of literary art should be considered autonomous so that it is not judged, or stereotyped, by reference to considerations beyond the work.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br />
Major New Criticism Figures:<br />
*[[I. A. Richards]]<br />
*[[T. S. Eliot]]<br />
*[[Cleanth Brooks]] <br />
*[[David Daiches]] <br />
*[[William Empson]]<br />
<br />
===Formalist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Formalist criticism is an approach that emphasizes literary form and and studies the structural purposes or literary devices of a text. Formalism seeks to study literature on a scientific base using objective analysis from the motifs, devices, techniques, and other functions. The literariness of the text served the Formalists the most importance. It was what they considered to separate their literary aspects from all other types of writing. They cared most that their narrative had meaning and displayed the "hero function." <br />
<ref name=Ref11/><br />
<br />
===Civic Criticism===<br />
<br />
Civic Criticism looks into the social and political ideas and attitudes of literature. Those factors are determined whether it is progressive or not.<ref name=Ref12/> <br />
<br />
===Modernism/ Post-Modernism===<br />
<br />
Modernism is the rejection of traditional forms of literature. It turns the work into a new experimental form. Modernism writing usually consists of several allusions. Modernism tends to focus around enlightenment ideas<ref name=Ref5/> <br />
<br />
Post-Modernism follows the same suit as modernism, but with a twist. It forms a new framework. Post-Modernism tends to consist of free-play and disclosure. Theorist, Ihab Hassan, created a list of to show some difference between the two.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
<table style="width:300px"><br />
<tr><br />
<td>'''Modernism'''</td><br />
<td>'''Post-Modernism'''</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Purpose</td><br />
<td>Play</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Design</td><br />
<td>Chance</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Hierarchy</td><br />
<td>Anarchy</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Totalization</td><br />
<td>Deconstruction</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Presence</td><br />
<td>Absence</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Root/Depth</td><br />
<td>Rhizome/Surface</td> <br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===Post-Colonialism===<br />
<br />
Post-Colonialism is a collection of theoretical and critical strategies that is used to examine culture like in literature, politics, history, etc., and their relations with the world. Post-colonial writers want to resurrect both their culture and to combat preconceptions of their culture.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Post-Colonialism Figures:<br />
*[[Edward Said]]<br />
*[[Frantz Fanon]]<br />
<br />
===Existentialism===<br />
<br />
Existentialism is a philosophy that views each person as an isolated being and who sees the world as no value or meaning. This philosophy was promoted by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Sartre saw human beings as being free to choose whatever conscious decision that they wanted to. "Man/Women are condemned to be free," -Jean-Paul Sartre. Most defined existence as absurd and anguished because there would be a world without sense and people are free to do whatever they want.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Existentialism Figures:<br />
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]<br />
*[[Albert Camus]]<br />
<br />
===Structuralism===<br />
<br />
Structuralism is the concern for descriptions and perceptions of structures. Human activity is constructed, not natural or essential, according to Structuralist. This means, in any situation has to have some reasoning/meaning behind it.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Structuralism Figures:<br />
*[[Terence Hawkes]]<br />
*[[ Roman Jakobson]]<br />
*[[ Claude Lévi-Strauss]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
*<ref name=Ref1>“Literary Theory” by Vince Brewton, ''The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', ISSN 2161-0002, <http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/>, accessed 16 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref2>"Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism" by Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins. ''Purdue OWL'', <https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/>. </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref3>"Modules on Freud: On Psychosexual Development." by Felluga. Dino.''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory''.<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/psychoanalysis/freud.html>. July 12, 2002. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref4>The Mind and the Book: A Long Look at Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism by N Holland, Norman. ''University of Florida'', <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/nholland/mindbook.htm>.1998. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref5>''Literary Theories: A Sampling of Lenses'' by Daniel Mesick.''Como Park Senior High School'', <http://comosr.spps.org/lit_theory>, accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref6>Napikoski, Linda. Feminist Literary Crticism. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_criticism.htm>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref7>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. Feminist Criticism (1960s-present).<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/11/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref8>'Literary Theories: A Sampling of Critical Lenses.'<br />
<http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref9>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. "Marxist Criticism (1930s-present)."<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/05/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref10>"Introduction to Modern Literary Theory" by Dr. Kristi Siegel,<br />
<http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref11>"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" by Vince Brewton, <br />
<http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/#H3>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref12>Cuddon, J. A. (2013). "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory."</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref13>"Introduction to Literature" by Michael Delahoyde,<br />
<http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/reader.crit.html>, accessed 25 April 2014</ref><br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory.<br />
<br />
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<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
According to the Collins English Dictionary, literary theory is defined as "the systematic analysis and study of [[literature]] using general principles". A common misconception about literary theory is that it is focused on the meaning of a work of literature, whereas the actual study involves the tools by which people attempt to understand literature. <ref name=Ref1/> With different schools of theory critics of different literary works can focus on those works through different aspects they consider the most important(for example a Marxist theory may focus on how [[character|characters]] in a story react to an economic situation). <ref name=Ref2/> Critics use more than one school of literary theory when analyzing a work.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Types of Literary Theory==<br />
<br />
=== Archetypal/Myth Criticism ===<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth critics, such as C.G. Jung and Joseph Campbell, view the genres and individual plot patterns of literature, including highly sophisticated and realistic works, as recurrences of certain archetypes and essential mythic formulae.<ref name=Ref10/> Archetypes are "repeated types of experience in lives of ancient ancestors which inherited the collective unconscious of the human race and are expressed in myths, dreams, religion, and private fantasies, also in the work of literature." - C.G. Jung <br />
<br />
Examples of Archetypes: the sun, the moon, circles, colors, Wise Old Man, the Great Mother, etc. Another archetype would be the color white, signifies death and is associated with innocence.<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth Authors:<br />
*[[C.G. Jung]]<br />
*[[Joseph Campbell]]<br />
*[[Robert Graves]]<br />
<br />
===Psychoanalytic Criticism===<br />
Psychoanalytic criticism, is one of the initial approaches within the school of literary criticism. This concept is used by critics to analyze the unconsciousness of the mind; which consists of desires, fears, enjoyments or anything that causes human to be driven without knowledge of their actions. Psychoanalytic method was originally constructed by [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/twolives/freudbio.html Sigmund Freud], when he was studying patients in an asylum. <br />
<br />
The ''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory'' says, Freud began his researches into the workings of the human mind in 1881, after a century during which Europe and America saw the reform of the insane asylum and an ever-increasing interest in "abnormal" psychological states, especially the issue of "nervous diseases" (which was the first phenomenon that Freud studied, examining the nervous system of fish while gaining his medical degree at the University of Vienna from 1873 to 1881).<ref name=Ref3/> <br />
<br />
Holland says, the psychoanalytic literary critic's primary job is to foreground that psychological element in what he or she says about books. In other words, the psychoanalytic critics should be interpreting their own, if you will, counter-transference to the text or whatever else they are describing.<ref name=Ref4/> <br />
<br />
For example if the literary critic wants to apply the psychoanalytic approach to a specific piece of work or literature, the theory is applied directly with the following the concepts:<ref name=Ref5/><br />
<ol><br />
<li>Consider the author’s personality to explain and interpret a text<br />
<li>What psychological theories are present in the characters (Oedipal complex, obsessive compulsive, sexual repression, denial, guilt)?<br />
<li>What repressed material is expressed in imagery or symbols?<br />
</ol><br />
<br />
The literary critic will then be able to exhibit to the reader the images that are needed to properly interpret and grasp the message of the writer.<br />
<br />
===Feminist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Feminist Criticism is the analysis of the thoughts on feminism, feminist theory, or feminist politics. Authors use this to change the way literature portrays woman characters. Feminist theory has raised questions towards society. It asks if the world values male characters over females or if they feel that females are not as strong as males.<ref name=Ref6/> When feminist criticism began is focused on politics of women authorship and the representation of woman’s conditions in literature.<ref name=Ref7/> Currently, feminist criticism focuses on certain aspects of society with women; such as education, politics, and the work force. <br /><br/><br />
<br />
Feminist Writers:<br />
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]]<br />
*[[Julia Kristeva]] <br />
*[[Elaine Showalter]] <br />
<br />
===Reader-response Criticism===<br />
<br />
Reader-response Criticism is the focus of the reader's reaction to a particular work of literature. The reader takes into account their own personal beliefs and background knowledge to analyze the author's work.<br />
<br />
===Marxist Criticism===<br />
<br />
In literature, Marxist criticism focuses on money and power.<ref name=Ref8/> It was founded on the ideals of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The story lines are usually affected or influenced by the economy or social classes. This criticism usually exposes the way a socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of our experience.<ref name=Ref9/> The notions of Marxism places emphasis on the convergence between the dominant and repressed classes. Also, Marxism encourages art to imitate what is often termed an "objective" reality. Contemporary Marxism is more general in its desired goal and views art as simultaneously reflective and autonomous to the era in which it was produced.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br /><br/><br />
<br />
Marxist Authors:<br />
*[[Karl Marx]]<br />
*[[Leon Trotsky]]<br />
*[[Georg Lukács]]<br />
<br />
===New Criticism===<br />
<br />
New Criticism is a literary movement beginning in he late 1920's and 1930's. This movement derived from the reaction to traditional criticism that new critics believe were considered highly important, such as the biography or psychology of the author or the work's relations to the history of literature. The notion of New Criticism is that a work of literary art should be considered autonomous so that it is not judged, or stereotyped, by reference to considerations beyond the work.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br />
Major New Criticism Figures:<br />
*[[I. A. Richards]]<br />
*[[T. S. Eliot]]<br />
*[[Cleanth Brooks]] <br />
*[[David Daiches]] <br />
*[[William Empson]]<br />
<br />
===Formalist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Formalist criticism is an approach that emphasizes literary form and and studies the structural purposes or literary devices of a text. Formalism seeks to study literature on a scientific base using objective analysis from the motifs, devices, techniques, and other functions. The literariness of the text served the Formalists the most importance. It was what they considered to separate their literary aspects from all other types of writing. They cared most that their narrative had meaning and displayed the "hero function." <br />
<ref name=Ref11/><br />
<br />
===Civic Criticism===<br />
<br />
Civic Criticism looks into the social and political ideas and attitudes of literature. Those factors are determined whether it is progressive or not.<ref name=Ref12/> <br />
<br />
===Modernism/ Post-Modernism===<br />
<br />
Modernism is the rejection of traditional forms of literature. It turns the work into a new experimental form. Modernism writing usually consists of several allusions. Modernism tends to focus around enlightenment ideas<ref name=Ref5/> <br />
<br />
Post-Modernism follows the same suit as modernism, but with a twist. It forms a new framework. Post-Modernism tends to consist of free-play and disclosure. Theorist, Ihab Hassan, created a list of to show some difference between the two.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
<table style="width:300px"><br />
<tr><br />
<td>'''Modernism'''</td><br />
<td>'''Post-Modernism'''</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Purpose</td><br />
<td>Play</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Design</td><br />
<td>Chance</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Hierarchy</td><br />
<td>Anarchy</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Totalization</td><br />
<td>Deconstruction</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Presence</td><br />
<td>Absence</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Root/Depth</td><br />
<td>Rhizome/Surface</td> <br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===Post-Colonialism===<br />
<br />
Post-Colonialism is a collection of theoretical and critical strategies that is used to examine culture like in literature, politics, history, etc., and their relations with the world. Post-colonial writers want to resurrect both their culture and to combat preconceptions of their culture.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Post-Colonialism Figures:<br />
*[[Edward Said]]<br />
*[[Frantz Fanon]]<br />
<br />
===Existentialism===<br />
<br />
Existentialism is a philosophy that views each person as an isolated being and who sees the world as no value or meaning. This philosophy was promoted by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Sartre saw human beings as being free to choose whatever conscious decision that they wanted to. "Man/Women are condemned to be free," -Jean-Paul Sartre. Most defined existence as absurd and anguished because there would be a world without sense and people are free to do whatever they want.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Existentialism Figures:<br />
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]<br />
*[[Albert Camus]]<br />
<br />
===Structuralism===<br />
<br />
Structuralism is the concern for descriptions and perceptions of structures. Human activity is constructed, not natural or essential, according to Structuralist. This means, in any situation has to have some reasoning/meaning behind it.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Structuralism Figures:<br />
*[[Terence Hawkes]]<br />
*[[ Roman Jakobson]]<br />
*[[ Claude Lévi-Strauss]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
*<ref name=Ref1>“Literary Theory” by Vince Brewton, ''The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', ISSN 2161-0002, <http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/>, accessed 16 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref2>"Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism" by Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins. ''Purdue OWL'', <https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/>. </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref3>"Modules on Freud: On Psychosexual Development." by Felluga. Dino.''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory''.<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/psychoanalysis/freud.html>. July 12, 2002. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref4>The Mind and the Book: A Long Look at Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism by N Holland, Norman. ''University of Florida'', <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/nholland/mindbook.htm>.1998. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref5>''Literary Theories: A Sampling of Lenses'' by Daniel Mesick.''Como Park Senior High School'', <http://comosr.spps.org/lit_theory>, accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref6>Napikoski, Linda. Feminist Literary Crticism. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_criticism.htm>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref7>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. Feminist Criticism (1960s-present).<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/11/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref8>'Literary Theories: A Sampling of Critical Lenses.'<br />
<http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref9>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. "Marxist Criticism (1930s-present)."<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/05/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref10>"Introduction to Modern Literary Theory" by Dr. Kristi Siegel,<br />
<http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref11>"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" by Vince Brewton, <br />
<http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/#H3>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref12>Cuddon, J. A. (2013). "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory."</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref13>"Introduction to Literature" by Michael Delahoyde,<br />
<http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/reader.crit.html>, accessed 25 April 2014</ref><br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory.<br />
<br />
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<div><br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
According to the Collins English Dictionary, literary theory is defined as "the systematic analysis and study of [[literature]] using general principles". A common misconception about literary theory is that it is focused on the meaning of a work of literature, whereas the actual study involves the tools by which people attempt to understand literature. <ref name=Ref1/> With different schools of theory critics of different literary works can focus on those works through different aspects they consider the most important(for example a Marxist theory may focus on how [[character|characters]] in a story react to an economic situation). <ref name=Ref2/> Critics use more than one school of literary theory when analyzing a work.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Types of Literary Theory==<br />
<br />
=== Archetypal/Myth Criticism ===<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth critics, such as C.G. Jung and Joseph Campbell, view the genres and individual plot patterns of literature, including highly sophisticated and realistic works, as recurrences of certain archetypes and essential mythic formulae.<ref name=Ref10/> Archetypes are "repeated types of experience in lives of ancient ancestors which inherited the collective unconscious of the human race and are expressed in myths, dreams, religion, and private fantasies, also in the work of literature." - C.G. Jung <br />
<br />
Examples of Archetypes: the sun, the moon, circles, colors, Wise Old Man, the Great Mother, etc. Another archetype would be the color white, signifies death and is associated with innocence.<br />
<br />
Archetypal/Myth Authors:<br />
*[[C.G. Jung]]<br />
*[[Joseph Campbell]]<br />
*[[Robert Graves]]<br />
<br />
===Psychoanalytic Criticism===<br />
Psychoanalytic criticism, is one of the initial approaches within the school of literary criticism. This concept is used by critics to analyze the unconsciousness of the mind; which consists of desires, fears, enjoyments or anything that causes human to be driven without knowledge of their actions. Psychoanalytic method was originally constructed by [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/twolives/freudbio.html Sigmund Freud], when he was studying patients in an asylum. <br />
<br />
The ''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory'' says, Freud began his researches into the workings of the human mind in 1881, after a century during which Europe and America saw the reform of the insane asylum and an ever-increasing interest in "abnormal" psychological states, especially the issue of "nervous diseases" (which was the first phenomenon that Freud studied, examining the nervous system of fish while gaining his medical degree at the University of Vienna from 1873 to 1881).<ref name=Ref3/> <br />
<br />
Holland says, the psychoanalytic literary critic's primary job is to foreground that psychological element in what he or she says about books. In other words, the psychoanalytic critics should be interpreting their own, if you will, counter-transference to the text or whatever else they are describing.<ref name=Ref4/> <br />
<br />
For example if the literary critic wants to apply the psychoanalytic approach to a specific piece of work or literature, the theory is applied directly with the following the concepts:<ref name=Ref5/><br />
<ol><br />
<li>Consider the author’s personality to explain and interpret a text<br />
<li>What psychological theories are present in the characters (Oedipal complex, obsessive compulsive, sexual repression, denial, guilt)?<br />
<li>What repressed material is expressed in imagery or symbols?<br />
</ol><br />
<br />
The literary critic will then be able to exhibit to the reader the images that are needed to properly interpret and grasp the message of the writer.<br />
<br />
===Feminist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Feminist Criticism is the analysis of the thoughts on feminism, feminist theory, or feminist politics. Authors use this to change the way literature portrays woman characters. Feminist theory has raised questions towards society. It asks if the world values male characters over females or if they feel that females are not as strong as males.<ref name=Ref6/> When feminist criticism began is focused on politics of women authorship and the representation of woman’s conditions in literature.<ref name=Ref7/> Currently, feminist criticism focuses on certain aspects of society with women; such as education, politics, and the work force. <br /><br/><br />
<br />
Feminist Writers:<br />
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]]<br />
*[[Julia Kristeva]] <br />
*[[Elaine Showalter]] <br />
<br />
===Reader-response Criticism===<br />
<br />
Reader-response Criticism is the focus of the reader's reaction to a particular work of literature. The reader takes into account their own personal beliefs and background knowledge to analyze the author's work.<br />
<br />
===Marxist Criticism===<br />
<br />
In literature, Marxist criticism focuses on money and power.<ref name=Ref8/> It was founded on the ideals of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The story lines are usually affected or influenced by the economy or social classes. This criticism usually exposes the way a socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of our experience.<ref name=Ref9/> The notions of Marxism places emphasis on the convergence between the dominant and repressed classes. Also, Marxism encourages art to imitate what is often termed an "objective" reality. Contemporary Marxism is more general in its desired goal and views art as simultaneously reflective and autonomous to the era in which it was produced.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br /><br/><br />
<br />
Marxist Authors:<br />
*[[Karl Marx]]<br />
*[[Leon Trotsky]]<br />
*[[Georg Lukács]]<br />
<br />
===New Criticism===<br />
<br />
New Criticism is a literary movement beginning in he late 1920's and 1930's. This movement derived from the reaction to traditional criticism that new critics believe were considered highly important, such as the biography or psychology of the author or the work's relations to the history of literature. The notion of New Criticism is that a work of literary art should be considered autonomous so that it is not judged, or stereotyped, by reference to considerations beyond the work.<ref name=Ref10/><br />
<br />
Major New Criticism Figures:<br />
*[[I. A. Richards]]<br />
*[[T. S. Eliot]]<br />
*[[Cleanth Brooks]] <br />
*[[David Daiches]] <br />
*[[William Empson]]<br />
<br />
===Formalist Criticism===<br />
<br />
Formalist criticism is an approach that emphasizes literary form and and studies the structural purposes or literary devices of a text. Formalism seeks to study literature on a scientific base using objective analysis from the motifs, devices, techniques, and other functions. The literariness of the text served the Formalists the most importance. It was what they considered to separate their literary aspects from all other types of writing. They cared most that their narrative had meaning and displayed the "hero function." <br />
<ref name=Ref11/><br />
<br />
===Civic Criticism===<br />
<br />
Civic Criticism looks into the social and political ideas and attitudes of literature. Those factors are determined whether it is progressive or not.<ref name=Ref12/> <br />
<br />
===Modernism/ Post-Modernism===<br />
<br />
Modernism is the rejection of traditional forms of literature. It turns the work into a new experimental form. Modernism writing usually consists of several allusions. Modernism tends to focus around enlightenment ideas<ref name=Ref5/> <br />
<br />
Post-Modernism follows the same suit as modernism, but with a twist. It forms a new framework. Post-Modernism tends to consist of free-play and disclosure. Theorist, Ihab Hassan, created a list of to show some difference between the two.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
<table style="width:300px"><br />
<tr><br />
<td>'''Modernism'''</td><br />
<td>'''Post-Modernism'''</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Purpose</td><br />
<td>Play</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Design</td><br />
<td>Chance</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Hierarchy</td><br />
<td>Anarchy</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Totalization</td><br />
<td>Deconstruction</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Presence</td><br />
<td>Absence</td> <br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>Root/Depth</td><br />
<td>Rhizome/Surface</td> <br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===Post-Colonialism===<br />
<br />
Post-Colonialism is a collection of theoretical and critical strategies that is used to examine culture like in literature, politics, history, etc., and their relations with the world. Post-colonial writers want to resurrect both their culture and to combat preconceptions of their culture.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Post-Colonialism Figures:<br />
*[[Edward Said]]<br />
*[[Frantz Fanon]]<br />
<br />
===Existentialism===<br />
<br />
Existentialism is a philosophy that views each person as an isolated being and who sees the world as no value or meaning. This philosophy was promoted by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Sartre saw human beings as being free to choose whatever conscious decision that they wanted to. "Man/Women are condemned to be free," -Jean-Paul Sartre. Most defined existence as absurd and anguished because there would be a world without sense and people are free to do whatever they want.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Existentialism Figures:<br />
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]<br />
*[[Albert Camus]]<br />
<br />
===Structuralism===<br />
<br />
Structuralism is the concern for descriptions and perceptions of structures. Human activity is constructed, not natural or essential, according to Structuralist. This means, in any situation has to have some reasoning/meaning behind it.<ref name=Ref10/> <br />
<br />
Major Structuralism Figures:<br />
*[[Terence Hawkes]]<br />
*[[ Roman Jakobson]]<br />
*[[ Claude Lévi-Strauss]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
*<ref name=Ref1>“Literary Theory” by Vince Brewton, ''The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', ISSN 2161-0002, <http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/>, accessed 16 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref2>"Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism" by Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins. ''Purdue OWL'', <https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/>. </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref3>"Modules on Freud: On Psychosexual Development." by Felluga. Dino.''Introductory Guide to Critical Theory''.<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/psychoanalysis/freud.html>. July 12, 2002. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref4>The Mind and the Book: A Long Look at Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism by N Holland, Norman. ''University of Florida'', <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/nholland/mindbook.htm>.1998. accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref5>''Literary Theories: A Sampling of Lenses'' by Daniel Mesick.''Como Park Senior High School'', <http://comosr.spps.org/lit_theory>, accessed 21 April 2014 </ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref6>Napikoski, Linda. Feminist Literary Crticism. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_criticism.htm>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref7>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. Feminist Criticism (1960s-present).<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/11/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref8>'Literary Theories: A Sampling of Critical Lenses.'<br />
<http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref9>Allen Brizee, J. Case Tompkins . 2010-04-21. "Marxist Criticism (1930s-present)."<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/05/>, accessed 21 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref10>"Introduction to Modern Literary Theory" by Dr. Kristi Siegel,<br />
<http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref><br />
*<ref name=Ref11>"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" by Vince Brewton, <br />
<http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/#H3>, accessed 22 April 2014</ref> <br />
*<ref name=Ref12>Cuddon, J. A. (2013). "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory."</ref> <br />
</references><br />
*<ref name=Ref13>"Introduction to Literature" by Michael Delahoyde,<br />
<http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/reader.crit.html>, accessed 25 April 2014</ref><br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory.<br />
<br />
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A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
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Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well "All's Well that Ends Well"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet "Hamlet"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet "Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174975 "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy Elegy] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_monologue Dramatic Monologue] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet Sonnet]<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku Haiku] are Japanese poems.<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode Ode] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
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==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Rudyard Kipling]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning Robert Browning]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare]<br />
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{{See also|Lyrics|}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
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Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
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Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
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Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
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Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
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"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14766Lyric2014-04-18T15:03:04Z<p>Usfjrain: </p>
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A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well "All's Well that Ends Well"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet "Hamlet"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet "Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174975 "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy Elegy] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_monologue Dramatic Monologue] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet Sonnet]<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku Haiku] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode Ode] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Rudyard Kipling]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning Robert Browning]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare]<br />
<br />
{{See also|Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14765Lyric2014-04-18T15:00:24Z<p>Usfjrain: </p>
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<div><br />
A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well "All's Well that Ends Well"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet "Hamlet"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet "Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174975 "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy Elegy] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_monologue Dramatic Monologue] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet Sonnet]<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku Haiku] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode Ode] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Rudyard Kipling]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning Robert Browning]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare]<br />
<br />
{{Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14764Lyric2014-04-18T14:59:54Z<p>Usfjrain: Formatting</p>
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<div><br />
A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well "All's Well that Ends Well"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet "Hamlet"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet "Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174975 "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy Elegy] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_monologue Dramatic Monologue] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet Sonnet]<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku Haiku] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode Ode] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Rudyard Kipling]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning Robert Browning]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare]<br />
<br />
{{See also Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14763Lyric2014-04-18T14:58:37Z<p>Usfjrain: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well "All's Well that Ends Well"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet "Hamlet"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet "Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174975 "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy Elegy] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[Dramatic Monologue] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet Sonnet]<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku Haiku] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode Ode] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Rudyard Kipling]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning Robert Browning]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare]<br />
<br />
{{See also Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14759Lyric2014-04-18T14:54:47Z<p>Usfjrain: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well "All's Well that Ends Well"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet "Hamlet"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet "Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174975 "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[[Elegy]] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[[Dramatic Monologue]] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[[Sonnet]]<br />
<br />
*[[Haiku]] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[[Ode]] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[[Rudyard Kipling]]<br />
*[[Robert Browning]]<br />
*[[William Shakespeare]]<br />
<br />
{{See also Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14758Lyric2014-04-18T14:50:45Z<p>Usfjrain: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
["All's Well that Ends Well"], [["Hamlet"]], and [["Romeo and Juliet"]]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [[I Felt a Funeral in my Brain]] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[[Elegy]] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[[Dramatic Monologue]] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[[Sonnet]]<br />
<br />
*[[Haiku]] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[[Ode]] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[[Rudyard Kipling]]<br />
*[[Robert Browning]]<br />
*[[William Shakespeare]]<br />
<br />
{{See also Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14757Lyric2014-04-18T14:46:31Z<p>Usfjrain: Added more detailed examples of lyric. Formatted</p>
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<div><br />
A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
==Examples of work featuring forms of Lyric==<br />
<br />
[["All's Well that Ends Well"]], [["Hamlet"]], and [["Romeo and Juliet"]]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. [[I Felt a Funeral in my Brain]] They are poems in which they share features from a speech of a play.<br />
<br />
*[[Elegy]] is a mournful poem. Often heard in funerals.<br />
<br />
*[[Dramatic Monologue]] include many works from William Shakespeare<br />
<br />
*[[Sonnet]]<br />
<br />
*[[Haiku]] are Japanese poems.<br />
<br />
*[[Ode]] type of lyrical stanza.<br />
<br />
==Notable writers==<br />
*[[Emily Dickinson]]<br />
*[[Rudyard Kipling]]<br />
*[[Robert Browning]]<br />
*[[William Shakespeare]]<br />
<br />
{{See also Lyrics}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.<br />
<br />
"Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive." Dramatic Monologue - Glossary - Poetry Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:See_also&diff=14704Template:See also2014-04-18T02:01:55Z<p>Usfjrain: Blanked the page</p>
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<div>[[Elegy]] [[Dramatic monologue]] [[haiku]]</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:See_also&diff=14702Template:See also2014-04-18T02:00:14Z<p>Usfjrain: Created page with "Elegy Dramatic monologue"</p>
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<div>A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry.<br />
<br />
Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
Examples of dramatic monologue and sonnet include many writings from [[William Shakespeare]] such as [["All's Well that Ends Well"]], [["Hamlet"]], and [["Romeo and Juliet"]]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. <br />
<br />
{{See also}}<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14483Lyric2014-04-11T04:53:39Z<p>Usfjrain: Added to the definition, included examples of lyric poetry, included external and internal links</p>
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<div>A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry. Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
Examples of dramatic monologue and sonnet include many writings from [[William Shakespeare]] such as [["All's Well that Ends Well"]], [["Hamlet"]], and [["Romeo and Juliet"]]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html Sonnet 18]. <br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.</div>Usfjrainhttps://litwiki.org/index.php?title=Lyric&diff=14478Lyric2014-04-11T04:43:11Z<p>Usfjrain: Added to the definition, included examples of lyric poetry</p>
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<div>A type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker (Meyer). The poem is in first person, but the speaker might not be the poet. The term is often used to describe any type of expression in words, images, movements (Words of Art). Most are short and personal(Lynch). There are many varieties of lyric poetry. Dramatic monologue, elegy, haiku, ode, and sonnet forms are examples (Meyer). <br />
<br />
Examples of dramatic monologue and sonnet include many writings from William Shakespeare such as ["All's Well that Ends Well"], ["Hamlet"], and ["Romeo and Juliet"]. A well known sonnet of Shakespeare would be [Sonnet 18].<br />
== Works Cited ==<br />
<br />
Department of English. Dept. Home Page. Brooklyn College. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html>.<br />
<br />
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Compact Introduction to Literature, Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 19 May 2003 <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedintrocompact/>.<br />
<br />
Words of Art: The L_List. Faculity of Creative & Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan. 20 Sept. 2006. <http://people.ok.ubc.ca/creative/glossary/l_list.html>.<br />
<br />
Lynch, Jack. "Lyric Poetry." Lynch, Literary Terms . N.p., n.d.</div>Usfjrain