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introduction to modern literary theory introduction to modern literary theory panjiyeva nurhayot what is theory? theory is a way to approach a text to gain a better understanding of its meaning. theory changes with time and new theories are always being added to the traditional. theory tries to explain why authors and texts exist and what messages they are sending to readers. theory is a body of thinking and writing whose limits are exceedingly hard to define. a theory is more than a hypothesis; it cannot be obvious; it involves complex relations of a systematic kind among a number of factors. what is literary theory? "literary theory" is the body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of literature. literary theory is a description of the underlying principles, one might say the tools, by which we attempt to understand literature. literary theory refers to any principles derived …

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, laying claim to be both natural and universal, was produced in the interests of the bourgeois class which came to power in the second half of the seventeenth century. liberal humanism: view of literature good literature is of timeless significance. the literary text contains its own meaning within itself. the best way to study the text is to study the words on the page, without any predefined agenda for what one wants to find there. the text will reveal constants, universal truths, about human nature, because human nature itself is constant and unchanging. 7 and this is the class modern view of literature literature is universal truths beliefs of liberal humanism general absolute truth the world can be controlled and ordered we can picture and represent the world belief in linear progress universal universality means text must be studied in isolation (context, personal ideologies) human nature is unchanging people's …

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20’s and 1930’s key terms: intentional fallacy - equating the meaning of a poem with the author's intentions. affective fallacy - confusing the meaning of a text with how it makes the reader feel. a reader's emotional response to a text generally does not produce a reliable interpretation. heresy of paraphrase - assuming that an interpretation of a literary work could consist of a detailed summary or paraphrase. close reading "a close and detailed analysis of the text itself to arrive at an interpretation without referring to historical, authorial, or cultural concerns" (bressler) advantages and disadvantages advantages - do not have to know the author’s background -do not have to be familiar with historical context -can analyze language and imagery… disadvantages -text seen in isolation -cannot account for allusions -ignores context of work -reduces literature to a series of rhetorical devices structuralism (1950s) in sociology, anthropology, and linguistics, structuralism is …

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society (in the interpretation of a piece) deconstruction: sees literature as fluid parts and not one whole, with multiple meanings and ways to look at and not one large meaning. infinite number of signifiers deconstruction invites us to “unravel” the constructs around us and to re-examine appearance and reality seeks to show that a literary work is self-contradictory in high school we teach that meanings are “fixed” there is an “answer” or meaning behind works of art. so how does this explain that people have different interpretations of what art is? most high school teachers would never teach this form of analysis example: if you have ever listened to someone explain a book, a movie or any work of art (poetry, painting – even a magazine article) and you wanted to interrupt and say, “but i saw something that contradicts what you are saying.” then you have practiced deconstruction. modernism …

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flect the complexity of modern urban life importance of the unconscious mind interest in the primitive and non-western cultures impossibility of an absolute interpretation of reality overwhelming technological changes 22 what is postmodernism? continuation of modernist view does not mourn loss of history, self, religion, center a term applied to all human sciences —anthropology, psychology, architecture, history, etc. reaction to modernism; systematic skepticism anti-foundational 23 that is the modernist view of the world less realism and naturalistic interpretation emphasis on the subconsciousness experimentation in aesthetics how does posmodernism differ? not opposite to--an extension of bullets postmodernism: basic concepts rejection of all master narratives all “truths” are contingent cultural constructs skepticism of progress; anti-technology bias sense of fragmentation and decentered self multiple conflicting identities mass-mediated reality 24 these are some basic concepts that cut across all aspects of postmodernism on objective essence, no central truths don’t mourn or worry about it--that’s …

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introduction to modern literary theory introduction to modern literary theory panjiyeva nurhayot what is theory? theory is a way to approach a text to gain a better understanding of its meaning. theory changes with time and new theories are always being added to the traditional. theory tries to explain why authors and texts exist and what messages they are sending to readers. theory is a body of thinking and writing whose limits are exceedingly hard to define. a theory is more than a hypothesis; it cannot be obvious; it involves complex relations of a systematic kind among a number of factors. what is literary theory? "literary theory" is the body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading …

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