New Criticism
New Criticism is a formalist approach to literary analysis that emerged in the early to mid-20th century, primarily in the United States and Britain. This movement emphasised the close reading of texts, focusing on the text itself as an independent, self-contained work of art. New Critics argued that literary analysis should concentrate on the formal elements of a text—such as language, structure, imagery, symbolism, and irony —while disregarding the author's biography, historical context, or re...
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World Classics
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Formalism
Formalism is a school of literary theory and criticism that focuses on the formal elements of a text —such as its structure, language, style, and use of literary devices —rather than its content, hist...
The Sleeper in the Valley
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