| 单词 | literary theory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliterary theory literary theory n. the field of study concerned with inquiry into the evaluation, analysis, and understanding of literary works and (now also) other texts (cf. text n.1 Additions), later often incorporating concepts from other disciplines, such as philosophy, politics, or sociology; a theory relating to this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > types of literary criticism criticism1625 critical theory1799 literary theory1807 autocriticism1820 pseudo-criticism1851 Formgeschichte1923 form-criticism1928 form-history1928 practical criticism1929 New Criticism1941 contextualism1955 patternism1956 objectivism1961 narratology1971 new historicism1972 deconstruction1973 post-structuralism1975 deconstructionism1980 theory1982 1807 P. Stockdale Lect. Truly Eminent Eng. Poets II. xx. 619 Pure impartiality, and equity, are favourite objects in my moral, and literary theory. 1830 S. Morgan France in 1829–30 II. 211 His especial department relates to music, painting, and literary theory. 1883 H. S. Maine Diss. Early Law & Custom 15 Few literary theories of modern mintage have more to recommend them. 1942 Mod. Lang. Rev. 37 132 Although he never sets out to undermine the structure of contemporary criticism, he undoubtedly hastens the changes that come about in eighteenth-century aesthetics and literary theory. 1978 in S. Chatman Story & Disc. i. 18 Literary theory is the study of the nature of literature. 1982 J. Culler On Deconstruction (1983) Pref. 11 They are able to welcome theories that challenge the assumptions of orthodox contemporary psychology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology, or historiography, and this makes theory—or literary theory—an arena of lively debate. 1987 New Republic 26 Oct. 28/3 In matters of literary theory the discourse is spankingly up to date. There is talk of narrativity, of canon-formation, canonicity. 1991 Atlantic Mar. 78/2 [They] denied any connection between De Man's political writings and his literary theories. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 18/1 These are old questions in literary theory, which go back at least as far as the New Criticism's worry about ‘the intentional fallacy’. < as lemmas |
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