Literary Theory & Criticism

Literary Theory & Criticism

Introduction: Explores the essence of literature, creative principles, and analytical frameworks, serving as the academic backbone for understanding texts.

• Core Theories
  Definitions of literature, narrative structures, and stylistic features.
  (Examples: An Introduction to Literary Theory by Terry Eagleton, Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster)

• Critical Schools
  Formalism, structuralism, postcolonial criticism, feminist criticism.
  (Examples: The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Orientalism by Edward Said)

• Literary Histories
  Evolution of global literary movements and genres.
  (Examples: A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert Giles, The Cambridge History of World Literature)