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E-C-203:Literary Criticism: western and Indian poeticsBy jumani poojaM.A. Sem 2Roll no 07Bhavnagar universityBhavnagar2011-12
Three literary term : New historicism Eco-criticism Queer theory
New historicism is a theory applied to literature that suggests literature must be studied and interpreted within the context of both history of author and the history of the critic.
Definition of new historicism
Old: A historical movement creates a historical framework in which to place the text
New: a historicist movement. Interested in history as represented and recorded in written documents- history as text.
“the word of the past replaces the word of the past”.
“The aim is not to represent the past as it really was but to present a new reality by resituating it”.
Differences between old and new historicism
Definition “simply defined, eco-criticism is the study of
the relationship between literature and the physical environment”.
Eco criticism
Since the start the scientific age literary commentary on the aesthetics and meaning of natural phenomena has always accompanied scientific exegesis.
A Eco-criticism and nature writing
Queer theory is a set of ideas based around the idea that identifies are not fixed and do not determine who we are.
Queer theory
queer theoryOverviewHistory Background concepts Idenitity politicsRole of biologyThe HIV\AIDS discourseThe Role of language
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