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==Types of Literary Theory== | |||
=== Archetypal/Myth Criticism === | |||
== Archetypal/Myth Criticism == | |||
C.G Jung and Joseph Campbell viewed the genres and plot patterns of literature as archetypes and mythic formulas. 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 | C.G Jung and Joseph Campbell viewed the genres and plot patterns of literature as archetypes and mythic formulas. 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 | ||
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==Psychoanalytic Criticism== | ===Psychoanalytic Criticism=== | ||
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 Sigmund Freud when he was studying patients in an asylum. | 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 Sigmund Freud when he was studying patients in an asylum. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
===Feminist Criticism=== | |||
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. When feminist criticism began is focused on politics of women authorship and the representation of woman’s conditions in literature. Currently, feminist criticism focuses on certain aspects of society with women; such as education, politics, and the work force. <br /><br/> | |||
Feminist Writers: | |||
*Mary Wollstonecraft | |||
*Simone de Beauvoir | |||
*Julia Kristeva | |||
*Elaine Showalter | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||