Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Name: Dhruvi ChavdaClass: M.A. Sem-2Paper:7-criticismSubject: “What is New Historicism, New Criticism, Feminist Criticism?”

New Historicism: New Historicism is a theory in literary criticism that suggests literature must be studied and interpreted within the context of both the history of the author and the history of the critic.The theory arose in the 1980s,with Stephen Greenblatt as its main proponent, and became quite popular in the 1990s. New Historicism evaluates how the work is influenced by the time in which the author wrote it. It also examines the social sphere, the psychological background of the writer, and the books and theories that may have influenced him or her.

“( New Historicism) is combined interest in the textuality of history, the historicity of text.” -Louis Montrose

“ Text is historical and history is textual.” -Michael Wallner

New Criticism:

It was a formalist movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle decades of the 20th century.It emphasized close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work of literature functioned as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.

Feminist criticism:

Feminist criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory.It can be understood as using feminist principles and ideological discourses to critique the language of literature, its structure and being. It has been closely associated with the birth and growth of queer studies.

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