Hello Monarch Writers! – Join our discussion either in person (St. Louis Area) with MEETUP.com GROUP or online with our GOODREADS.com GROUP
There has been some interest in talking about literary theory / criticism as a group, so I wanted to send out some leads as to where to start studying these topics. There is a free Yale video course on Introduction to Literary Theory on Youtube that is worth a watch.
And if you are a fan of either of the graphic ‘Introducing’ or ‘For Beginners’ series, both have a book on the topic. There is ‘Literary Theory for Beginners’ and ‘Introducing Literary Criticism’which both provide a good overview.
Some topics for study we should be talking about in the future are:
Ancient Concepts of Literature – Mimesis (Plato & Aristotle)
Humanism (Renaissance / Enlightenment)
Formalism / The New School
Romanticism / Theory of Literature as Expression of the Author
Structuralism / PostStructuralism
Deconstructionism
Semiotics & Linguistics
Freud and other Psychoanalysis Interpretations
Modernism / PostModernism
Gender, Feminist, Post-Colonial & Queer Theory
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We can discuss these topics in subsequent months chronologically surveying through the history of literature, and also pick and choose, if there is a topic you are interested in that deals with something you’re working on. If you would like to choose an article for the group in the future, feel free to pitch a topic for the month and we can have a discussion geared toward what you’re working on and thinking about as it comes up. Most importantly I want to be open to your feedback so you feel like the group is your own and we’re not doing discussions that you have no interest in. I want you to have input and continue having the lively discussions we’ve been having. Thanks, team! And I hope you are getting some good writing done!
Good Hunting, Writers,
The Monarch Writers 