Literary Text and Modern Contexts

The Import of Literary Criticism, 2019

Abstract With the present global inclination to science, technology, and agriculture, criticism seems to have been tilted in that direction. The flame of reading literature seems to be going out gradually but steadily and with it, the reading and mastery of its prescriptive theories and their application to literary texts. If we consider that literature is concerned with life’s affairs which are more pressing than the reading black and white symbols of a text and their abstract interpretation, if we consider that literature is a vortex where distant and usually seemingly unrelated areas of human knowledge meet and interact, that war, the environment, the economy and even politics are involved in literary studies, then we would try to value the text more, and its criticism which is the decoding of the message of the text, which sometimes has a problem solving perspective, would be given its due import, since literature is in fact, a pattern of infinite potentialities, proffered by an absence presence, which have to be investigated through the right procedures. Because this domain is involved with every sphere of life, the import of getting its message cannot be overrated. However, the shade of meanings got without the use of literary theories would be highly informal, judgmental, and oftentimes superficial. Literary criticism is meant to throw light into the text through theories, and to assess the public comprehension of the text. In this vein, criticism is more important than the text, for it says in several ways what the text says. The main thrust of this paper is its attempt at encouraging literary criticism by showing how beneficial it is to the reader, writer and critic as individuals and to the society as a whole. Keyword: Criticism

2015

Literally speaking, the word "theory" comes from Greek language"ΘΕΩΡΙΑ" which means to "speculate". One of the most remarkable and distinctive qualities of theory is that it is an undefined and problematic entity. We may be thinking of some rough definitions of theories, but not a thorough chunk of theory or a clear cut-definition. Nevertheless, we might be slightly friendly with some distinctive qualities of theory and its characterizations. Because distinctive borders of theory are vague to illustrate, theorists prefer to talk about the qualities of theory rather than marking the boundaries of theory itself.

critics, 2015

2014

To define the domain of literary criticism would require some contentious choices and some contended definitions—about what the “literary” is and about what kinds of interventions can be included as “criticism.” The aim of this entry is not to trace the whole history of literary criticism. Nor should it be assumed that modern literary criticism is naturally or necessarily academic. The following discussion will address such matters and operate with such definitions and omissions, always mindful that doing so does not necessarily settle anything.https://scholarworks.wm.edu/asbookchapters/1007/thumbnail.jp

2019

The artistic text can be analyzed on the basis of many criteria, the relevance of which is based on the intention of research, consistency and integrity of existing models of the type, medium and language of the text, as well as knowledge of its context. We are trying to critically reflect the possibilities of contemporary systemic approaches to analysis of literary texts.