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Five Literary Theory

Five Literary Theory

by Tanjuma Karim -
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Liberal Humanism: 


1) Liberal Humanism understands literature/poetry to be timeless. 


2) The term 'Liberal Humanism' denotes the rulling assumptions, values and meanings of the modern epoch. 


3) Liberal humanism proposes that the subject is the free, unconstrained author of meaning and action, the origin of history. 




Deconstruction: 


1) Deconstruction, form of philosophical and literary analysis, derived mainly from work begun in the 1960s by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. 


2) Invites us to 'unravel' the constructs around us and to re-examine appearance and reality.


3) Seeks to show that a literary work is self-contradictory. 




Post-structuralism : 


1) A rebellion against Structuralism


2) the system of knowledge Which were coordinated to produce the object


3) A critical and comprehensive response to the basic assumptions of Structuralism.



Modernism : 


1) Revolution and Conservatism


2) Mourning for the loss of tradition and fragmentation


3) increasing dominance of technology



Marxism : 


1) it's a political and economic theory where a society has no classes.


3)) dictatorship of the proletariat


3) Clash between classes in society is major concern.




Tanjuma Karim

ID: 191-10-1929

Batch: 46-C

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