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Literary Theory Matrix
Literary Theory Matrix
1. Aestheticism
Definition
Often associated with Romanticism, a
philosophy defining aesthetic value as
the primary goal in understanding
literature.
2. Russian formalism
a school of literary criticism and
Proponents
Application
Art For Art's Sake
3. Deconstruction
4. Marxism
5. New Criticism
6. Postcolonialism
7. Postmodernism
Of Spirit
Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, J. Hillis
Miller, Philippe LacoueLabarthe, Gayatri Spivak, Avital Ronell
Orientalism (1978)
8. Psychoanalysis