From the sessions of this course, I have gained knowledge about the concept of theory and literary theory. I have learn about several literary theories.
Among them, I am going to describe random five.
1) 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.
2) Formalism :
- This theory is an interpretive approach that emphasizes the study of form and literary devices in the text.
- This theory says that author or context isn't essential. Only the narrative is necessary.
-Formalists focus on the study of poetic language.
3) New criticism :
-It explores the "world" within the text.
-This theory says that readers have not to be familiar with historical context.
-According to this theory, readers do not have to know about the background of the author to read a text.
4) Deconstruction :
-This theory shows that a literary work is self-contradictory.
- This theory invites us to unravel constructs around us and to re-examine appearance and reality as well.
- People may have different interpretations of the text or art.
5) Marxism :
- This is the literary theory which deals with the clash between class.
- According to this theory, art reflects the age in which it was created.
- It is an articulation of the dominant class.
Tuly saha
191-10-1915 (46 C)