Cultural Criticism
Considers the representation of gender in literature and promotes an inclusive literary canon
Feminist lens
The use of sensory details to create an image for the reader.
Imagery
“‘What agency do the women represented have?’”
Feminist
Asserts that multiple social identities overlap and interact to create different modes of discrimination or privilege.
Intersectionality
Psychoanalytic literary theory is primarily based on _______'s work on the unconscious and human behavior
A critical approach influenced by Sigmund Freud’s work on the unconscious and human behavior.
Psychoanalytic
The deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect
Hyperbole
What is the difference in tone/descriptions between natural and man-made environments?
Eco-criticism
People’s acceptance of an unfavorable social system without protest or questioning, that is, as the logical way for things to be.
False Consciousness
Primarily critiqued the economic and political system of capitalism, where property, business, and industry are controlled by private actors for profit. They posed that capitalism creates two social classes - the proletariat, and the bourgeoisie
Karl Marx
Considers literature produced in countries that were once, or are now, colonies of other countries.
Postcolonial
Contrast between what actually happens and what is expected to happen
Irony
What is the background of the author? How does this impact how they approach the ideas of 'normal' or 'abnormal’?”
Disability Studies
The labor/working class that works for the bourgeoisie and produces goods and services
Proliteriat
The widespread dissatisfaction of educated suburban housewives trapped in domestic roles despite being told domesticity should fulfill them.
Simone De Beauvoir
Believes literature is impacted by the context it is created in - focuses on the economic context and the economics within the text
Marxist
Character or story element that serves as a contrast to the main character/protagonist
Foil
Whose story gets told in the text? Are lower economic groups ignored or devalued?
Marxist
The wealthy class that owns the means of production and property
Bourgeoisie
Wrote "The Chimney-Sweeper" to shed light on the poor living conditions and oppression of children in industrial London
William Blake
This type of literary lens sees texts as “closed” and believes that everything to be discovered from a text can be found within it.
New Criticism
A reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.
Allusion
What connections can you make between your knowledge of an author’s life and the behavior and motivations of characters in his or her work?
Psychoanalytic
Mingling of cultural signs and practices from the colonizing and colonized cultures
Hybridity
Victor Frankenstein