This subject aims to investigate some of the main perspectives of literary criticism from Aristotle to the present day. It focuses on both the theory of literature and on various critical approaches which analyse the functions of literature.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2020.
HD/FL
Two sessions
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Not for students who have previously completed LIT-4118 Available only to students enrolled in BA(Hons).
1. "Traditional" literary criticism - Plato, Aristotle, Sidney 2. Neo-Classical and Romantic Critics - Matthew Arnold ...T.S.Eliot; 3. "Contemporary" literary theory - Russian formalism, Marxist critics, structuralist theories, post-structuralism, phenomenology and reception theory, feminist criticism.
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