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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." | 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." | ||
<ref name=Ref11/> | <ref name=Ref11/> | ||
===Civic Criticism=== | |||
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/> | |||
===Modernism/ Post-Modernism=== | |||
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/> | |||
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/> | |||
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<td>'''Modernism'''</td> | |||
<td>'''Post-Modernism'''</td> | |||
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<td>Purpose</td> | |||
<td>Play</td> | |||
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<td>Design</td> | |||
<td>Chance</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
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<td>Hierarchy</td> | |||
<td>Anarchy</td> | |||
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<td>Totalization</td> | |||
<td>Deconstruction</td> | |||
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<td>Presence</td> | |||
<td>Absence</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
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<td>Root/Depth</td> | |||
<td>Rhizome/Surface</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
</table> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*<ref name=Ref11>"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" by Vince Brewton, | *<ref name=Ref11>"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" by Vince Brewton, | ||
<http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/#H3>, accessed 22 April 2014 | <http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/#H3>, accessed 22 April 2014 | ||
*<ref name=Ref12>Cuddon, J. A. (2013). "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory." </ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory. | * http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory. | ||
[[Category:Literary Terms]] | [[Category:Literary Terms]] | ||