Literary Theory and Criticism

Structuralism, as a literary theory, emerged in the early 20th century as a way to analyze and understand the underlying...

Literary movements and literary theory are two essential concepts in studying literature. While they are often used interchangeably, they refer...

F.R. Leavis, an influential literary critic of the 20th century, is known for his views on the importance of literary...

Derrida’s deconstruction theory, sometimes called simply "deconstruction," refers to the process of analyzing a text’s meaning by breaking it down...

Before starting "The Death of Author," let's review that modernism and post-modernism are ways of looking at things, a condition...

The word criticism is derived from a Greek word that means 'Judgement.' It is a task of judgment. Literary criticism...

Marxist criticism is a theory that is commonly related by people to communism. Marxism is used in communist countries, such...

The term "defamiliarization" could appear too technical to explain a process that ought to seem more approachable under the name...