(g1)1st historical literary criticism

7/31/2019 (G1)1st Historical Literary Criticism

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GROUP 1:Members:

Amirul Asyraf

Yogeswary Gunasegaran

Nur Fatimah

Mohammad Saiful Amin

Munira

Ahmad Kamil

Lecturer:

Mr. Abu Bakar Bin Hashim


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WHAT IS LITERATURE?

Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken

material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used to describe

anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific

works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works

of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama,

fiction, and nonfiction.


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LITERARY CRITICISM

Literary criticism, starting from Aristotle in the 4th century BCE,

..studies the art of literature and explores the ways

..that literature affects us emotionally, intellectually, and

..aesthetically.


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PURPOSE

to interpret the meaning of a literary work and evaluate its

..quality

to promote high standards in literature and encourage a..general appreciation of literature


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WHAT CAN WE DO AS CRITICS?

to analyze the reasons for our responses

to discover why we feel the way we do

to search for relationships between the works we read

to draw connections between our reading and our life

..experiences


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HISTORICAL CRITICISM

Historical criticism examines the culture and

the society from which a literary work came and

how these influences affect theliterature itself.

http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/study_criticism.htm#historical
http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/study_criticism.htmhttp://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/study_criticism.htm


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CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORICAL

CRITICISM

focuses mainly on the subject's relevance, relationship with,

..and influence upon the historical period in which it was written

looks at how the time period influenced the writing of the work

..as well as how events in the authors life influenced him or her

A work of historical criticism posits a thesis about the author or

..time period based on the subject

looks at texts in the same way as a historian looks at historical

..documents: in order to learn what they reveal about the

..historical and socio-cultural circumstances in which they were

..produced.


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QUESTIONS TO ASK FROM THE

HISTORICAL APPROACH:

Who is the author, where did he or she come from, and what

was his/her object in writing the work?

How did the political events of the time influence what the

writer wrote?

How did the predominant social customs of the time influence

the writers outlook?

What is the predominant philosophy that influenced the work?

Were there any special circumstances under which the work

was written?

http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/study_criticism.htmhttp://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/study_criticism.htm


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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS

It enriches our understanding

of the literature from the

historical and societal

perspective.

It often overlooks the literary

elements and structure as well

as the authors individual

contributions.


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HISTORICAL LITERARY CRITICISM

WRITINGS

The Hero by Sue Ragland

High Times In Jamaica by Richard Jacobs

The One That Got Away by Denny Johnson

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

How Melaka Got Its Name Death of a Warrior

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Hero.shtml

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HighTime872.shtml

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/OneThat.shtml
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Hero.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HighTime872.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/OneThat.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/OneThat.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/OneThat.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/OneThat.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HighTime872.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HighTime872.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HighTime872.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Hero.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Hero.shtmlhttp://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Hero.shtml


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REFERENCES


http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng215/historical_criticism.htm

http://comosr.spps.org/Lit_Theory.html

http://restyo.blogspot.com/2010/08/literary-theories.html

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Literary_Criticism/Historical_Literary_Criticism

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Hero.shtml

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HighTime872.shtml

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/OneThat.shtml
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Thank you!!!!

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