Thematic literary criticism
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| - | In the course of 2004-2006 I have read a number of works which can be considered thematic literatery criticism: | + | '''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]]. |
| - | *Praz’s ''[[Romantic Agony]]'' | + | 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''. |
| - | *Todorov’s ''[[The Fantastic]]'' | + | |
| - | *Colin Wilson’s ''[[The Misfits]]'' and ''[[The Outsider]]'' | + | |
| - | *Ludwig Marcuse’s ''[[Obscene]]'' | + | |
| - | *André Breton’s ''[[Anthology of Black Humor]]'' | + | |
| - | *Patrick J. Kearney's ''[[A History of Erotic Literature]]'' | + | |
| - | Todo list: the thematic criticism of [[Jean-Pierre Richard]] (''[[Littérature et Sensation]]'', 1954) and the [[Geneva School]] as it applies to the works above. Also check the criticism by Todorov on Richard. | + | == Themes == |
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| - | Maybe start here; a tribute to [[Horst Daemmrich]]'s ''Themes and Motifs in Western Literature''. | + | |
| - | == Research interests == | + | |
| *[[Fantasy tropes and conventions]] | *[[Fantasy tropes and conventions]] | ||
| *[[Adultery in literature]] | *[[Adultery in 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, 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.
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.
Themes
- Fantasy tropes and conventions
- Adultery 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
See also
- Archetypal literary criticism
- The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
- Literary criticism
- Literary theory
- Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
- Morphology (folkloristics)
- Narratology
- Trope (literature)
