(NEW-HISTORICISM AS A THEOLOGY IN LITERARY THEORY)

Abstract:

Literature embraces universality, making it difficult to confine within fixed boundaries. It is intrinsically linked to human actions, behaviors, and circumstances. On one hand, the recurring question “What is literature?” has continually perplexed critics, while on the other, multiple approaches to reading and understanding literature have emerged. At different times, one method of literary analysis has been favored over others, with arguments presented to establish its necessity, often at the expense of alternative approaches, which were deemed inferior, unnecessary, or incomplete. One of the modern approaches to reading, understanding, and creating literature is known as new historicism.

Keywords:

Embraces, Human actions, perplexed critics, Alternative approaches, new historicism

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