Queer theory – examines, questions, and criticizes the role of gender identity and sexuality in literature
i've read from some of these people i love there writing
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- Jan 2025
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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ostcolonialism – focuses on the influences of colonialism in literature, especially regarding the historical conflict resulting from the exploitation of less developed countries and indigenous peoples by Western nations Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi Bhabha and Declan Kiberd Postmodernism – criticism of the conditions present in the twentieth century, often with concern for those viewed as social deviants or the Other Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari and Maurice Blanchot
These seem connected in a way as they focus one after another to me
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Gender (see feminist literary criticism) – which emphasizes themes of gender relations
I'm so excited to dive into this topic i'll have to see if i can find some of these womens books
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Cultural studies – emphasizes the role of literature in everyday life
Do stories based of real events fall into this category?
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Aestheticism
I've never heard of this when talking about romanticism, I wonder why most people chose to skip it if there assoicated?
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although many contemporary theorists and literary scholars believe either that “literature” cannot be defined or that it can refer to any use of language
Reminds me of how poeple describe art in a way
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modern sense of “literary theory,” however, dates only to approximately the 1950s
Why call it the modern sense if it's the older version?
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practice of literary theory became a profession in the 20th century
I though it would be much earlier but the 20th centrury seem so new
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