The Roads оf American Literary Criticism Taken

Authors

  • Radojka Vukčević

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2012.4.5

Keywords:

literary criticism, theory, New Criticism, fragmentation, post-theory

Abstract

The paper will discuss the history of American literary critical approaches from 1800 until the beginning of the twentieth century. The focus will be on critical idealism, critical realism, aestheticism, the New Criticism, feminism, deconstruction, archetypal criticism, humanism, Afro-American criticism, the black aesthetic, deconstructionism, ecological criticism, and cultural criticism. The academicization of criticism since 1940, its causes, consequences, and controversies will also be in the focus of research. It will provide a historical bridge between the previous and modern debates on modern literary, language, and cultural theory. This means that influential ideas, critical paradigms, and disciplinary debates will be the road taken in this research.

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Published

2012-11-15

How to Cite

Vukčević, R. . (2012). The Roads оf American Literary Criticism Taken. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 4(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2012.4.5

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Section

LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES