Literary Theory

__views literature as the reflection of an author's life and times (or of the characters' life and times).

• Marxist Criticism

• Biographical Criticism

• New Historicist Criticism

• Psychological Criticism

__views literature as part of history, and furthermore, as an expression of forces on history.

• Feminist Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• New Historicist Criticism

• New Criticism

__ involves a close reading of the text; all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself

• Formalism/New Criticism

• Archetypal Criticism

• Psychological Criticism

• New Historicist Criticism

"Cinderella's stepmother's conflict with her was driven by an unconscious rivalry for the love of her father, a concept Freud referred to as the Electra complex." This is an example of __

• Archetypal Criticism

• Biographical Criticism

• Psychological Criticism

• Feminist Criticism

"Cinderella features the misogynist theme of abused-girl- waiting-to-be-rescued-by-prince. Can't Cinderella save herself? Why is she in need of man? Can't a woman exist independent of man?" This is an example of __

• New historicist criticism

• Psychological criticism

• Feminist criticism

• Biographical criticism

"Cinderella is a representative of the proletariat:

oppressed by her bourgeoisie stepmother and stepsisters, who have stolen her rightful inheritance and turned her into a servant in her own home, and

desiring to join the ranks of the bourgeoisie by marrying the prince." This is an example of __.

• Formalism/New Criticism

• New Historicist Criticism

• Feminist Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

"In Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan is exposed to key elements of Western civilization by the English colonists in Africa, building a common theme of Western culture as synonymous with being a civilized human."

• Marxist Criticism

• Formalism/New Criticism

• New Historicist Criticism

• Postcolonial Criticism

When we ask these questions: "How is the reader/audience meant to feel when Cinderella finally wins over the Prince? Who is the most sympathetic character of the film? Why are we drawn to these characters?" we are engaging with __.

• Reader Response Criticism

• Biographical Criticism

• New Historicist Criticism

• Formalism/New Criticism

When we ask these questions: "What can we infer about property and inheritance laws in the society in which Cinderella evolved? What can we infer about the society's view of royalty and monarchic power?" we are engaging in __.

• Formalism

• Feminist Criticism

• New Historicism

• Marxist Criticism

When we look for symbolic, or some other, significance for the specific items and animals chosen (for the coach and staff) in Cinderella, we are engaging with __.

• Psychological Criticism

• Feminism

• Marxism

• Formalism/New Criticism

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