New Historicism Check In

Critical analysis is...

• A surface-level explanation of text

• An a summary of all text

• An in-depth examination of one aspect of text

New Historicism focuses on the formal text structure of the text during the analysis.

• True

• False

The author's background and the socio-cultural context aren't considered in New Historicism Approach.

• True

• False

New Historicism is a means to understand cultural and intellectual history.

• True

• False

The New Historicism approach revolves around the idea of analyzing the viewpoints of both the author and the critic or reader.

• True

• False

The New Historicism theory takes the account of the author's environment, beliefs, prejudice, and how the current culture could affect the critic's view or work.

• True

• False

Social Opinions, ideologies, and perceptions are factors to consider in evaluating the ideas in the New Historicism approach

• True

• False

Seeks to reconnect a work with the time period in which it was produced and identify it with the cultural and political movements of the time. Assumes every work is the product of the time it was written.

• New Historicism

• Postmodern Criticism

• Post-Colonial Criticism

• Formalism

New Historicism would fall under what type of theory?

• Theories based on context

• Theories based on texts

• Theories based on author

• Theories based on reader