Literary Theories
Which literary theory focuses on gender and power roles?
Feminist Theory
How long was new criticism a main focus?
1930's-1960's
Reader response theory was popularized in what decade?
1970's
Who founded deconstruction?
Jacques Derrida
Who is the founder of psychoanalytical theory?
Sigmund Freud
Which theory focuses on the experiences of the author?
Biographical Theory
In new criticism what do you ignore?
the author's intention or your own feelings about the work.
What does reader response theory stress the importance of?
the readers interaction with the text to create meaning
According to Derrida, words do not have what?
fixed meanings
Psychoanalytical theory identifies the similarity between ______ ________ and literary works.
unconscious dreams
Which theory is focused on patterns, images and characters relevant to the human experience?
Archetypal Theory
What is an example of new criticism?
close reading
Who founded reader response theory?
Louise Rosenblatt
Deconstructionist aim to highlight the ______ that exist in the text and reverse it to expose the indeterminacy of _______?
oppositions, meaning
Psychoanalysis examines who's hidden desires and repressed feelings?
the authors
This theory is focused on examining the oppressor and the oppressed, specifically related to past and present occurrences in different countries.
Postcolonial Theory
New Criticism stems from what literary period?
Modernism/Formalism
The text cannot exist without what?
the reader
Deconstructionist claim that no one can be what?
certain about the meaning of a text
Many of Freud's theories including the Freudian Slip and Oedipus Complex involve what type of imagery?
sexual
This theory focuses on the "have's" and the "have not's".
Marxist Theory
New critics believe that a text can be analyzed how?
scientifically
What is generally required in order for it to be an actual reader response theory?
a group discussion
When was deconstruction developed?
1966
What are the three components of the psyche according to Freud?
Id, Ego and Super Ego