Literary theory
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| - | {{Template}}'''Literary theory''' is the [[theory]] (or the [[philosophy]]) of the interpretation of [[literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[continental philosophy]]. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Literary theory''' is the [[theory]] (or the [[philosophy]]) of the interpretation of [[literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[continental philosophy]]. | ||
| == Research interests == | == Research interests == | ||
| *"[[The Anxiety of Influence]]" | *"[[The Anxiety of Influence]]" | ||
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| *[[Psychoanalytic literary criticism]] | *[[Psychoanalytic literary criticism]] | ||
| *''[[Grammar of the Decameron]]'' | *''[[Grammar of the Decameron]]'' | ||
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| + | * [[List of literary terms]] | ||
| + | * [[List of literary movements]] | ||
| + | * [[Dramatic theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Critical theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Text (literary theory)]] | ||
| + | * [[School of Resentment]] | ||
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Literary theory is the theory (or the philosophy) of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism. Its history begins with classical Greek poetics and rhetoric and includes, since the 18th century, aesthetics and hermeneutics. In the 20th century, "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of continental philosophy.
Research interests
- "The Anxiety of Influence"
- "Death of the author"
- Thematic literary criticism
- Psychoanalytic literary criticism
- Grammar of the Decameron
See also
- List of literary terms
- List of literary movements
- Dramatic theory
- Critical theory
- Text (literary theory)
- School of Resentment
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