ENGL 2024 Chapter : Literary Theory & Biographical
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It will allow you to question, examine, understand, and analyze your society, ect. The principal of selection: choosing subconsciously based on who you are, our knowledge both inside and outside influences which facts we take in, unconsciously, ex: picture, an artist would notice different things than a biology teacher. The weird names (marxist, new historicism) allows critics to articulate their opinion in a universal language. 1/23: story, sequence of events, raw material, plot literary devices used to transform the story from sequence of events to a well- developed plot scheme, defamilliarization takes place, ex: foreshadowing, irony. Text : collection of literature, can objectively analyze, the poem, form is superior to content, the way it"s being said is more important than the summary. The poem: only has one true meaning, not thinking about author"s intensions or of the emotional state, values, or beliefs of either its author or reader.
