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

Exploring Various Approaches to Teaching Literature

Authors

  • Kendre Maroti Vishwanath Author

Keywords:

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

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.

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Published

2011-10-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

[1]
“Review of Approaches to Literary Analysis and Its Relevance to English Teaching: Exploring Various Approaches to Teaching Literature”, JASRAE, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2011, Accessed: Jan. 12, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4011