New Criticism
New Criticism was a formalist movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle decades of the ____ Century
20th Century
The study of narrative
Narratology
Deconstruction goes off of the understanding that all books / readings differ from text and ______
Meaning
The father of this literary theory / criticism
Sigmund Freud
A belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are
Essentialism
New criticism is most basically defined as
How a work of literature functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.
The literary tool that is used to differ a tale vs telling, someone who the story is being spoken through
Narration
Ideals of deconstruction mainly focus on the understanding of different _____
Cultures and heritage
Psycho analysis most basically is the understanding of
What makes a person do or act the way that they do
Know by her pen pall name with the idea that women should be equal to men
bell hooks
The best tool for interpreting new criticism
Close Reading
This literary tool is used in structuralism known for being a story told inside a story
Embedding / Nesting
Cultures all have an underlying belief that their own culture compared to author (if from another time or culture) is ________ before understanding their reasoning or interpretation
Not the same / incorrect
The three component parts of the mind
The primitive and instinctive component of personality
Id
New criticism has been said to be very similar but not the same as this other literary concept
Formalism
This is any word that pops up in a persons mind when they see the connecting object (a sign's physical form)
Signifier
Deconstruction most basically runs off the understanding of culture and _____
Time period
Psychoanalysis goes with literary theory as it also does this study of science
Psychology
The part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.
Superego
Considered by most to be the father of new criticism, and the first to study literary theory as a science
Ivor Armstrong Richards, also known as I. A. Richards
When saying a word, it represents the connecting physical object you are speaking of (the meaning or idea expressed by a sign)
Signified
Deconstruction was originated by the philosopher
Jacques Derrida
Literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author, that a literary work is a _________________
manifestation of the author's own neuroses
English professor that has the well know idea of that all facts are solid grounding for rule of law
Diana Fuss