The course is about“Literary theory”. Literary theory is the body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of literature. From this course, I can realize the importance of literature and different theories.
Now I am writing 5 different literary theories with three important points of each literary theory.
Liberal Humanism :
* According to liberal humanism, good literature is of timeless significance.
* This theory says that human nature is unchanging.
* According to this theory, the text reveals constants and universal truth about human nature.
Post Structuralism :
* Rejection of the self-sufficiency of structuralism,
* Argues that to understand a text, one must study both the object itself and the systems of knowledge that produced the object
* Utilizes analytical concepts from linguistics, psychology, and anthropology.
Deconstruction :
* Seeks to show that a literary work is self-contradictory.
* Revolution and Conserva
* increasing dominance of technology
* Invites us to unravel the constructs around us and reexamine appearance and reality.
* Most high school teachers never teach this form of analysis.
Modernism :
* Revolution and Conservatism
* Mourning for the loss of tradition and fragmentation
* increasing dominance of technology
Marxism:
* Karl Marx perceived human history to have consisted of a series of struggles between classes--between the oppressed and the oppressing ("the haves" and "the have-nots").
* Marx thought that materialism was the ultimate driving force in history.
* Feudalism exploits workers to the point of revolt.
Rezwanul Bari Abir
ID:191-10-2002