Literary theory
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Introduction
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. [1] 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 characters in a story react to an economic situation). [2] Critics use more than one school of literary theory when analyzing a work.
Types of Literary Theory
Archetypal/Myth Criticism
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External Links
- http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literary-theory - The Collins English Dictionary's definition page for Literary Theory.
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- ↑ "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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Literary Theories: A Sampling of Lenses by Daniel Mesick.Como Park Senior High School, <http://comosr.spps.org/lit_theory>, accessed 21 April 2014
- ↑ Napikoski, Linda. Feminist Literary Crticism. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_criticism.htm>, accessed 21 April 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 'Literary Theories: A Sampling of Critical Lenses.' <http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf>, accessed 21 April 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Introduction to Modern Literary Theory" by Dr. Kristi Siegel, <http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm>, accessed 22 April 2014