Thematic literary criticism
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| - | '''Thematic literary criticism''' is the study of literature categorized or classified by [[theme (literature)|theme]]. Examples include [[Mario Praz]]’s ''[[Romantic Agony]]'', which investigates the morbid and sexual tendencies in [[Romantic literature]], [[Todorov]] ''[[The Fantastic]]'', which is a survey of fantastic strains in European literature, [[Colin Wilson]]'s ''[[The Misfits]]'' and ''[[The Outsider]]'' which highlites authors considered perverse or out of the mainstream respectively, [[Ludwig Marcuse]]’s ''[[Obscene]]'', a survey of obscenity trials in European literature, André Breton’s ''[[Anthology of Black Humor]]'', a compendium of authors considered practitioners of [[black humor]] and [[Patrick J. Kearney]]'s ''[[A History of Erotic Literature]]'' which is a history of [[erotic fiction]]. | + | '''Thematic literary criticism''' is the study of literature categorized or classified by [[theme (literature)|theme]]. Examples include [[Mario Praz]]’s ''[[Romantic Agony]]'', which investigates the morbid and sexual tendencies in [[Romantic literature]], [[Tzvetan Todorov]]'s ''[[The Fantastic]]'', which is a survey of fantastic strains in European literature, [[Colin Wilson]]'s ''[[The Misfits]]'' and ''[[The Outsider (Wilson book) |The Outsider]]'' which highlights authors considered perverse or out of the mainstream respectively, [[Ludwig Marcuse]]’s ''[[Obscene: The History of an Indignation]]'', a survey of obscenity trials in European literature, André Breton’s ''[[Anthology of Black Humor]]'', a compendium of authors considered practitioners of [[black humor]] and [[Patrick J. Kearney]]'s ''[[A History of Erotic Literature]]'' which is a history of [[erotic fiction]]. |
| An early theoretic approach to thematic criticism is provided by [[Jean-Pierre Richard]] in ''[[Littérature et Sensation]]'' (1954) and [[Horst Daemmrich]]'s ''Themes and Motifs in Western Literature''. | An early theoretic approach to thematic criticism is provided by [[Jean-Pierre Richard]] in ''[[Littérature et Sensation]]'' (1954) and [[Horst Daemmrich]]'s ''Themes and Motifs in Western Literature''. | ||
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| *[[Science fiction]] | *[[Science fiction]] | ||
| *[[Adultery in literature]] | *[[Adultery in literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Mental illness in fiction]] | ||
| *[[Addiction to literature]] | *[[Addiction to literature]] | ||
| - | *[[Death in literature]] | + | *[[Drugs in literature]] |
| + | *[[Death in literature]], [[death in art]] | ||
| + | *[[Jealousy in literature]] | ||
| *[[Sex in literature]] | *[[Sex in literature]] | ||
| *[[Suicide in literature]] | *[[Suicide in literature]] | ||
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| *[[Prostitution in art and literature]] | *[[Prostitution in art and literature]] | ||
| *[[Mental disorders in art and literature]] | *[[Mental disorders in art and literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Olfaction and literature]] | ||
| *[[Synesthesia in literature]] | *[[Synesthesia in literature]] | ||
| ==List of examples== | ==List of examples== | ||
| - | *Praz’s ''[[Romantic Agony]]'' | + | *Praz’s ''[[The Romantic Agony]]'' (1930) |
| - | *Todorov’s ''[[The Fantastic]]'' | + | *Todorov’s ''[[The Fantastic]]'' (1930) |
| - | *Colin Wilson’s ''[[The Misfits]]'' and ''[[The Outsider]]'' | + | *Colin Wilson’s ''[[The Outsider (Colin Wilson)|The Outsider]]'' (1956) and ''[[The Misfits]]'' (1988) |
| - | *Ludwig Marcuse’s ''[[Obscene]]'' | + | *Ludwig Marcuse’s ''[[Obscene: The History of an Indignation]]'' (1962) |
| - | *André Breton’s ''[[Anthology of Black Humor]]'' | + | *André Breton’s ''[[Anthology of Black Humor]]'' (1940) |
| - | *Patrick J. Kearney's ''[[A History of Erotic Literature]]'' | + | *Patrick J. Kearney's ''[[A History of Erotic Literature]]'' (1982) |
| + | *''[[The Literature of Roguery]]'' (1907) by Frank Wadleigh Chandler | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Archetypal literary criticism]] | *[[Archetypal literary criticism]] | ||
| + | *[[Cultural depictions]] | ||
| *''[[The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations]]'' | *''[[The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations]]'' | ||
| *[[Literary criticism]] | *[[Literary criticism]] | ||
| *[[Genre theory]] | *[[Genre theory]] | ||
| + | *[[In popular culture]] | ||
| *[[Literary theory]] | *[[Literary theory]] | ||
| *[[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature]] | *[[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature]] | ||
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Thematic literary criticism is the study of literature categorized or classified by theme. Examples include Mario Praz’s Romantic Agony, which investigates the morbid and sexual tendencies in Romantic literature, Tzvetan Todorov's The Fantastic, which is a survey of fantastic strains in European literature, Colin Wilson's The Misfits and The Outsider which highlights authors considered perverse or out of the mainstream respectively, Ludwig Marcuse’s Obscene: The History of an Indignation, a survey of obscenity trials in European literature, André Breton’s Anthology of Black Humor, a compendium of authors considered practitioners of black humor and Patrick J. Kearney's A History of Erotic Literature which is a history of erotic fiction.
An early theoretic approach to thematic criticism is provided by Jean-Pierre Richard in Littérature et Sensation (1954) and Horst Daemmrich's Themes and Motifs in Western Literature.
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Themes
- Fantasy tropes and conventions
- Science fiction
- Adultery in literature
- Mental illness in fiction
- Addiction to literature
- Drugs in literature
- Death in literature, death in art
- Jealousy in literature
- Sex in literature
- Suicide in literature
- Transgressive fiction
- Cannibalism in fiction
- Psychoanalytic literary criticism
- Prostitution in art and literature
- Mental disorders in art and literature
- Olfaction and literature
- Synesthesia in literature
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List of examples
- Praz’s The Romantic Agony (1930)
- Todorov’s The Fantastic (1930)
- Colin Wilson’s The Outsider (1956) and The Misfits (1988)
- Ludwig Marcuse’s Obscene: The History of an Indignation (1962)
- André Breton’s Anthology of Black Humor (1940)
- Patrick J. Kearney's A History of Erotic Literature (1982)
- The Literature of Roguery (1907) by Frank Wadleigh Chandler
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See also
- Archetypal literary criticism
- Cultural depictions
- The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
- Literary criticism
- Genre theory
- In popular culture
- Literary theory
- Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
- Morphology (folkloristics)
- Narratology
- Trope (literature)
- Theme (art)
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