DEBREMARKOS UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
A Course Material to:
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORIES AND CRITICISMS
(Enla 422)
BY
MINASIE GESSESSE (MGZG)
2010G.C/2003E.C
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………...1
Chapter One: Literary Criticism and Literary Periods
The Period Concept ………………………………………………………………………3
1.2 Different Periods ……………………………………………………………………………...4
1.2.1 Renaissance (14th C to 16th C) …………………………………………………………5
1.2.2 Neoclassicism (1660–1798) ………………………………………………………………6
1.2.3 Romanticism (1798–1832) ……………………………………………………………….7
1.2.4 Realism (1830–1900) ……………………………………………………………………..8
Chapter Two: Theories of Literary Criticism
2.1 Definition of Literary Criticism ………………………………………………………………9
2.2 The Purpose of Criticism ……………………………………………………………………10
2.3
Approaches of Literary Criticism …………………………………………………………...11
Author/Character-oriented approaches (Biographical Approach) ………………………12
Context-Oriented Approaches ……………………………………………………..........13
2.3.1.1 New Criticism …………………………………………………………………..13
2.3.1.2 .Archetypal/Myth Criticism (Mythological) …………………………………..14
2.3.1.3 New Historicism ………………………………………………………..17
2.3.1.4 Feminism Literary Criticism ………………………………………….18
A. Historical Roots of Feminist Literary Criticism …………………………..................18
B. Feminist Movements ……………………………………………………….19
C. Goals of Feminist Literary Criticism ………………………………………20 D. Types of Feminism ………………………………………………………...21
2.4.1.5 Marxism ………………………………………………………………...27
2.4.1.6 Post-colonialism ………………………………………………………...28
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