UndervisningsmateriellEngelsk 2Vg3

Arbeidsark: Literary Theory and Critical Approaches

Delt av Thomas Borthne-Skattum3. mai 2026

📚 Literary Theory and Critical Approaches

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Complete the sentences with the correct terms from the presentation.

Formalism focuses on analyzing the text itself, including language, structure, imagery, and ______________.

The concept of "the ______________fallacy" suggests that an author's biography and personal intentions are irrelevant to textual analysis.

Marxist criticism examines literature as a reflection of ______________ systems and class struggle.

Feminist criticism questions whose stories are told and whose are ______________ in literature.

______________ criticism explores unconscious desires, dreams, and psychological conflicts in texts.

In postcolonial criticism, literature is often analyzed as an act of ______________ to empire.

Reader-response theory argues that meaning is created through the interaction between ______________ and reader.

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Match each critical approach to its main focus.

| Critical Approach | Main Focus |

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| A. Formalism | 1. Power dynamics between colonizer and colonized |

| B. Psychoanalytic | 2. Close reading of language and symbolism |

| C. Feminist | 3. Unconscious desires and symbolic imagery |

| D. Marxist | 4. Each reader's personal interpretation |

| E. Postcolonial | 5. Gender representation and patriarchal structures |

| F. Reader-Response | 6. Economic systems and class conflict |

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Answer the following questions in 1-2 sentences.

A) What is the main difference between formalist criticism and reader-response theory?

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B) How would a feminist critic approach the analysis of "Jane Eyre"?

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C) Why is literary theory important for understanding literature?

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