Literary criticism: Theoretical criticism,practical criticism, Impressionistic criticism, Judicial criticism 3
Literary criticism: Theoretical criticism,practical criticism, Impressionistic criticism, Judicial criticism
Literary criticism is a broad field of study that encompasses various approaches …
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Archetypal literary criticism (Myth theory and crticism) 6
In literary criticism, the concept of archetype refers to recurring narrative designs, patterns of action, character types, themes, and images that …
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Socrates
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely regarded as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Born in Athens around 469 …
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Jacques Derrida’s Structure, Sign and Play 13
Jacques Derrida’s Structure, Sign and Play 14
Jacques Derrida’s essay “Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” is …
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Marxist Literary Criticism: An Overview 17
Marxist literary criticism is a theoretical framework and approach to analyzing literature through the lens of Marxist theory. It emerged in the early …
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Life history and famous works of Sigmund Freud 19
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating mental disorders and understanding …
Read More31 functions in Morphology of the Folktale by Vladimir Propp 21
Vladimir Propp (1895-1970)
Studied Russian and German philology
Studied the theory and history of Russianfolklore
Morphology of the Folktale (1928, Eng. Trans.1958)
Folktales are …
Read MoreHeteroglossia- concept by Mikhail Bakhtin 23
Heteroglossia
Can be translated as “other-languageness”
A single, unitary language– Is actually comprised of a multiplicity of languages– Interacting with, often ideologically competing with, oneanother
“the indispensible prerequisite …
Read MoreDefamiliarization (Ostranenie)-key concept in Russian Formalism 25
Defamiliarization Ostranenie
Defamiliarization, also known as ostranenie, is a concept that originated within the Russian Formalist movement and was further developed by theorists such as …
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