PPT-Literary Theory a.k.a. Critical Theory

Way of looking beyond plot and character development Allows you to put on a lens and view a text in a variety of different ways Recognized Critical Lenses MoralIntellectual TopicalHistorical New CriticalFormalist. Research Methods. CAS 204. What is Communication?. What is Communication?. The nature of communication is . complex. and . contested. .. What is Communication?. The nature of communication is . complex.  . Course Description. This course traces the philosophical and critical development of Western thought in its particular relation to “Art”.  The critical selections cover the classical conception of Art, Renaissance and the 18th century (the Age of Reason) and emphasize the major trends and orientation of Arts criticism in the Western critical thought.  Major orientations, motifs of criticism are also emphasized as they developed from classical periods to the 18th century (the Age of Reason).. 1301. New Historicism. A text can be better understood if one takes the time to investigate the background of its setting, or the life and time of the author. . New historicist readers use literature as a tool to interrogate society- more specifically, the society in which it was written. . THEORIES. , . THEORISTS. , AND IMPORTANT TERMS. By: K. Yegoryan. Critical Theory. Greek {. kritikos. } = judgment – 18. th. cent. In Literary studies . Is a form of “hermeneutics”- the knowledge via interpretation to understand the meaning of human texts and symbolic expressions. Mika Karikari, Miami University. ,. @. MikaKarikari, she/her/hers. Paul . Porter, Indiana University School of Medicine @DrPaulPorter he/him/his. Suresh . Mudragada, Macalester College, @sureshmudragada, he/him/his. What is theory?. What is the relationship between theory and literature?. Literary Theory in Two Bites. Poststructuralism. (which often . encompasses deconstruction . and . postmodernism). “The possibility of reading materiality, silence, space, and conflict within texts has opened up extremely productive ways of studying the politics of language. If each text is seen as presenting a major claim that attempts to dominate, erase, or distort various ‘other’ claims (whose traces nevertheless remain detectable to a reader who goes against the grain of the dominant claim), then “reading” in its extended sense is deeply involved in questions of authority and power” (346). From Barbara Johnson, “Writing.”. What is a literary theory?. A literary theory is a “lens” or a “perspective” in which a reader reads the text given. Depending on which theory is used, their interpretation of the text can change. . “Using Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Strategies for Assessing Student Learning” . Dr. Anita . Helle. Assessing the “Ineffable”. The . Teagle. Foundation:. (. http://www.teaglefoundation.org. Film . Theory . & Criticism. Film Studies. Literary Theory & Criticism. Film Theory & Criticism. no literary equivalent. Auteurism. Thumbnail: . Identification of the primary signatures (thematic, stylistic, geographical) of a given filmmaker, customarily the director. Critical Race Theory (CRT) states… . race matters. race is a social construct (i.e., race is not permanent). racism is ordinary (i.e., way society operates). racism serves a purpose (i.e., subordination). Professor Helphistine. Spring 2012. Bibliography. Multicultural Literary Criticism. I. Origins of Multicultural Theory V. Current Articles. Response to Change. The Impact of Multicultural Theory. . Formalism and New Criticism. What do Literary Critics do?. Literary critics make . observations about . and . connections between . works of . literature, and between literature and its social and historical contexts. . Advising. Peter L. Hagen, Stockton University. Julie Givans Voller, . Phoenix College: . a Maricopa Community College. Learning outcomes for this session;. Understand the connection between Theory of Mind and academic advising. Multiple choice close Reading portion of the final exam. What literary term is represented below?. "Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea of Israel." .