Literary Criticism An Introduction.

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Literary Criticism An Introduction

The schools of literary criticism are lenses that allow critics to: consider works of art based on certain assumptions within that school of theory. focus on particular aspects of a work they consider important.

Moral Criticism and Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-Present) Plato vs. Aristotle Plato - if art does not teach morality and ethics, then it is damaging to its audience, and for Plato this damaged his Republic.

Moral Criticism and Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-Present) Aristotle - In Poetics, Aristotle breaks with his teacher (Plato) in the consideration of art. Aristotle saw poetry and drama as means to an end (for example, an audience's enjoyment).

Aristotle’s Principles of Dramatic Construction Aristotle believed that elements like language, rhythm, and harmony, as well as plot, character, thought, diction, song, and spectacle influence the audience's catharsis (pity and fear) or satisfaction with the work.

Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930’s-present): Freud Freud maintained that our desires and our unconscious conflicts give rise to three areas of the mind that wrestle for dominance as we grow from infancy, to childhood, to adulthood: id - the location of the drives or libido ego - one of the major defenses against the power of the drives Superego - the area of the unconscious that houses judgment (of self and others)

Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930’s-present): Jung Jungian criticism attempts to explore the connection between literature and the “collective unconscious” of the human race: all stories and symbols are based on mythic models from mankind’s past. Jungian criticism is generally involved with a search for the embodiment of these symbols (archetypes) within particular works of art.

Marxist Criticism (1930’s-Present) this school concerns itself with class differences, economic and otherwise, as well as the implications and complications of the capitalist system The continuing conflict between the classes will lead to upheaval and revolution by oppressed peoples and form the groundwork for a new order of society and economics where capitalism is abolished

Reader Response Theory Reader-response theorists share two beliefs: 1) that the role of the reader cannot be omitted from our understanding of literature and 2) that readers do not passively consume the meaning presented to them by an objective literary text; rather they actively make the meaning they find in literature

New Historicism, Cultural Studies (1980’s-present) New Historicism assumes that every work is a product of the historic moment that created it.

Feminist Criticism (1960’s-Present) Feminist criticism is concerned with the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women.

Gender Studies and Queer Theory (1960’s-present) Gender studies and queer theory explore issues of sexuality, power, and marginalized populations in literature and culture. Maintains that cultural definitions of sexuality and what it means to be male and female are in flux.