Foundation of Literary criticism
🌸Name: Sarvaiya Janveeba 🌸T.Y.B.A 🌸Class Assignment:Definition and scope-what is literary theory and criticism? 🌸Home Assignment:Poetics by Aristotle 🌸Essay:Preface to the plays of Shakespeare 🌸Sem:6 🦚 Definition and scope-what is literary theory and criticism? (Class Assignment) ☘️What is Literary Theory? Literary Theory is the study of the principles, ideas, and methods used to understand and interpret literature. It provides different perspectives or “lenses” to analyze literary texts such as novels, poems, dramas, and short stories. In simple words: ☘️ Literary theory explains how and why we interpret literature in different ways. It asks questions like: 🌼What is literature? 🌼How does a text create meaning? 🌼Does the author control meaning? 🌼How does society influence literature? ☘️What is Literary Criticism? Literary Criticism is the practical application of literary theory to analyze and evaluate literary works. ☘️ If theory is the tool, criticism is the use of th...