Literary theory
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| - | {{Template}}'''Literary theory''' is the [[theory]] (or the [[philosophy]]) of the interpretation of [[literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[Continental philosophy]]. | + | {{Template}}'''Literary theory''' is the [[theory]] (or the [[philosophy]]) of the interpretation of [[literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[continental philosophy]]. |
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