ENGLISH LITERATURE ANALYSIS 00 - 4th.pptx

The introduction of English Literature Analysis

1. English Literature Analysis: Theoretical Approaches to Literature ZENY LUTHVIA, M.Li

2. The approaches to literary texts are characterized by a number of divergent methodologies. Literary theory analyzes the philosophical and methodological of literary criticism. Even though literary criticism is mostly interested in the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of primary sources, literary theory tries to discuss the very methods used in these readings of primary texts. Theoretical Approaches to Literature

3. The Approaches in Literature Analysis Text Oriented Author Oriented Reader Oriented Context Oriented

4. Concerned with questions of the “materiality” of texts, including editions of manuscripts, analyses of language and style, the formal structure of literary works, the rhetoric, the semiotics Text Oriented

5. Author Oriented Put the main emphasis on the author, trying to establish connections between the work of art and the biography of its creator Biographical criticism Dates, facts, and events in an author’s life are juxtaposed with literary elements of his or her works in order to find aspects which connect the biography of the author with the text. Psychoanalytic criticism Characters in a text can be analyzed psychologically, as if they were real people.

6. Reader Oriented Focus on the reception of texts by their audiences and the texts’ general impact on the reading public. Reader-centered approaches examine the readership of a text and investigate why, where, and when it is read . They also examine certain reading practices of social, ethnic, or national groups.

7. Context Oriented Try to place literary texts against the background of historical, social, or political developments while at the same time attempting to classify texts according to genres as well as historical periods It refers here to a heterogeneous group of schools and methodologies which do not regard texts as self-contained, independent works of art but try to place them within a larger context .