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It enhances empathy
The search for meaning which increases the
understanding of different types of works.
As Socrates stated: "The life which is
unexamined is not worth living."
To further explain …
1. Formalism
2. Marxism
3. Feminism
4. Psychoanalytic
5. Cultural Criticism
6. Structuralism
7. Post-structuralism
8. Archetypal
But there are many more …
Author intention
Reader Response
Biological
Cognitive scientific
Moralist
Queer
Socio-political
Sociological
And so many more …
THE 4 CRITICAL VARIABLES
of LITERARY THEORY & 1. The World
CRITICISM
2. The Author
4. The Reader
Formalism: the TEXT (as art) Gender Studies: WORLD/author/text/reader
Common Themes:
Stories of quest and initiation
Descents into the underworld
Ascents into heaven
Search for father/mother
Fall from innocence
Examples of Archetypes
Characters:
Scapegoat
Hero/Villian
Outcast
Temptress
Mother/Father
Mentor