Review of Approaches to Literary Analysis and Its Relevance to English Teaching

Exploring Various Approaches to Teaching Literature

by Kendre Maroti Vishwanath*,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 2, Issue No. 2, Oct 2011, Pages 0 - 0 (0)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals

ABSTRACT

Becausethe field of literary analysis of fiction, drama, and poetry has a longhistory, many theories exist on how to evaluate and teach literature.  Six frequently discussed approaches toliterary analysis include: (1) New Criticism, (2) Structuralism, (3)Stylistics,(4) Reader-Response, (5) Language-Based, and (6) Critical Literacy.The sections that follow will briefly introduce these six approaches anddiscuss the benefits and drawbacks they offer for teaching literature in theEFL classroom.

KEYWORD

literary analysis, fiction, drama, poetry, theories, evaluate, teach literature, approaches, New Criticism, Structuralism, Stylistics, Reader-Response, Language-Based, Critical Literacy, benefits, drawbacks, teaching literature, EFL classroom

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