Literary Criticism Theories Overview
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What is the main focus of Marxist criticism?

  • Analyzing social class differences (correct)
  • Exploring the author's society
  • Advocating for feminism
  • Investigating philosophical issues
  • Which ideology does Marxist criticism consider as an overpowering presence?

  • Capitalism
  • Feminism
  • Masculinism
  • Patriarchy (correct)
  • Which critic is associated with advocating for men's rights and traditional gender roles?

  • Karl Marx
  • The reader-response critic
  • The sociological critic
  • Robert Bly (correct)
  • What is the main focus of sociological criticism?

    <p>Evaluating the author's society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which approach deals with issues related to men's rights and masculinity?

    <p>Masculinist Approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Marxist criticism reveal as the ultimate source of people's experience?

    <p>The socioeconomic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of Gender Criticism in literary analysis?

    <p>Analyzing the structural purposes of the text without considering external influences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Gender Criticism suggest about power dynamics in literary works?

    <p>Power is multifaceted and not unidirectional</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Gender Criticism, what aspect of creation influences the literary text?

    <p>Sexual identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key aspect that Gender Criticism looks into when analyzing literary works?

    <p>The construction of gender and sexuality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement best describes the Feminist Approach in literary analysis?

    <p>Examines how literature presents women as subjects of oppression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Gender Criticism, what does culture play a significant role in determining?

    <p>Gender constructions and relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the common aspects looked into formalism when critiquing a material?

    <p>Author's techniques in contradictions within the work resolving</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In historical-biographical criticism, what aspect aims to comprehend a literary work by probing at social, cultural, political, and intellectual context?

    <p>Analysis of the author's biography</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does formalist criticism explore in relation to a literary work?

    <p>Use of imagery to develop symbols</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does historical-biographical criticism utilize insights when explicating a literary work?

    <p>By exploring the author's cultural background</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does historical-biographical criticism claim about literature and authors?

    <p>Understanding an author's life can help readers comprehend the work more thoroughly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which approach considers a work's first-order context, such as the author's life?

    <p>Historical-Biographical Criticism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Critical Approaches to Critique a Material

    • Various ways to analyze and critique a material, including technical aspects, gender approach, audience reaction, and portrayal of class struggle and social structure.

    Formalist Criticism

    • Analyzes a literary work by focusing on its internal elements, such as structure, imagery, and symbols.
    • Examines the relationship between form and content, and the interconnectedness of various parts of the work.
    • Seeks to understand the work as a unified whole.

    Historical-Biographical Criticism

    • Aims to comprehend a literary work by probing the social, cultural, political, and intellectual context that produced it.
    • Considers the author's biography and milieu as crucial in understanding the work.
    • Explicates the literary work by utilizing insights derived from the author's background and historical context.

    Sociological Criticism

    • Evaluates a literary piece in the cultural, economic, and political context that explores the linkage between the author and his society.
    • Scrutinizes the author's society to grasp a better understanding of the masterpiece.

    Marxist Criticism

    • Concerned with differences between economic classes and implications of a capitalist system.
    • Focuses on the desire to work with men's issues and yields to the political conviction that feminism does not fit with the facts.
    • Attempts to reveal that the ultimate source of people's experience is the socioeconomic system.

    Masculinist Approach

    • Focuses on men's issues and yields to the political conviction that feminism does not fit with the facts.
    • Advocates for men's rights, in opposition to feminism, and supporting traditional gender roles.

    Moral-Philosophical Criticism

    • Focuses on the themes, views of the world, morality, and philosophies of the author.
    • Establishes the purpose of teaching morality and investigating philosophical issues.
    • Examines social class as represented in the work, social class of the writer, social class of the characters, and conflicts and economic classes interactions between.

    Reader-Response Criticism

    • Concerned with the reviewer's reaction as an audience of the work.
    • Examines how the reader's personal experiences and biases influence their interpretation of the text.

    Feminist Approach

    • Focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of sociopolitical, psychological, and economic oppression.
    • Reveals how aspects of culture are patriarchal.
    • Examines how gender issues are presented in literary works and other aspects of human production and daily life.

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