PPT-The Literary Analysis

Moving Beyond the Formulaic 1 Literary analysis involves examining all the parts of a text character setting tone theme imagery etc thinking about how the author uses those elements to create certain effects. As with any analysis this requires you to break the subject down in to its component parts Examining the different elements of a piece of literature is not an end in itself but rather a process to help you better appreciate and understand the work o Feminist Criticism. Exploring women’s redefinition of their identity in writing.. - Snow White’s life with the dwarves as important to her education as a submissive female who learns lessons of service, selflessness, and domesticity.. Critical reading: psychoanalytical, . marxist. , feminist. LQ: Can I compare poems . thematically while . analysing. language form and structure?. Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny. 2014-2015. Alliteration. stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a . series. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. ; A . Literary analysis . is a . method by which…. a text is separated into parts. those parts are given rigorous, logical, detailed study. the parts are reassembled . an insightful interpretation of the whole is given . FORMALIST. By:. Haley A.. Erica C.. Elizabeth G.. DEFINITION:. A way of analyzing literature in which no outside information about history, politics, or society, is used, and no prior knowledge about the author’s life or time period is referenced. Strictly the text, and literary elements used within it. . Dr. Maier. Aristotle: . Poetics. First significant work of literary criticism . Authored in 335 B.C. . Pity and Fear (Eleos and Phobos) . Catharsis. Mimesis. A Multiplicity of Approaches. Literary critics are almost never unified in their interpretation of a novel or any literary work. Why do you suppose this is the case? What factors make it virtually impossible for critics to come to a consensus regarding the meaning of a literary work? . By David Johnson. Chapter 5 . The Politics of English : Conflict, Competition, Co-existence. Introduction. In Chapter 4, the concept of the English language as a global industry introduced English-language publications as significant in the spread of English. . Feminist Criticism. Exploring women’s redefinition of their identity in writing.. - Snow White’s life with the dwarves as important to her education as a submissive female who learns lessons of service, selflessness, and domesticity.. Norton Field Guide . . “Literary analyses are essays in which we examine literary texts closely to understand their messages, interpret their meanings, and appreciate their writers’ techniques” (81).. An introduction. What is a literary analysis essay? . It is an essay that analyzes a novel, poem, play, short story, etc. and explains how and why the author uses specific literary elements to achieve his purpose (theme). . Literary: anything having to do with written works (books, poems, stories…). Literary Genres. Literary: anything having to do with written works (books, poems, stories…). Genres: this is where books are sorted and divided by different topics, areas, departments, subjects or . Psychoanalytic Criticism . Psychoanalytic.  criticism adopts the methods of "reading" employed by Freud and later theorists to interpret texts. It argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author, that a literary work is a manifestation of the author's own neuroses. One may psychoanalyze a particular character within a literary work, but it is usually assumed that all such characters are projections of the author's psyche.. & . Literary Techniques. Literary devices. There are two types of literary devices: . literary elements . and . literary techniques. .. Literary elements . are found in . every. well-written piece and are essential to the creation of the literary work..