Below you will find example sentences with "literary theory". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Literary Theory in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: literary
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.3 words

Words in this phrase

literary theory

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • literary can mean: Relating to literature. Frequent word
  • theory can mean: A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and its literary theory aspect post 1× application of literary theory because criticism 1× between structural literary theory and northrop 1× contemporary literary theory however denies 1× devoted to literary theory and criticism 1× distinction between literary theory and literary 1× guide to literary theory and criticism 1× habitus in literary theory bourdieu s 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bakhtin argued that 1× by the early 1× by this measure 1× contemporary literary theory 1× current state today 1× during this span 1×

Common sentence endings:

a legal setting 1× almost all literature 1× approach her writings 1× approaches to texts 1× don t try 1× general or abstract 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

criticism 8× critics 4× study 4× literature 3× almost 2× concept 2× general 2× habitus 2× structuralism 2× interest 2× university 2× departments 2×

Related phrases

string theory quantum theory set theory conspiracy theory literary criticism literary works literary festival theory main scientific theory classical theory

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around literary:

literary works 10× literary festival 9× literary critic 5× literary work 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

literary festival literary criticism literary critic list includes lisa marie liquor stores

Just after it in the phrase index:

literary work literary works literature festival literature main litter picking little bit

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

literary criticism literary works literary festival literary critic literary work

Same ending:

string theory quantum theory set theory conspiracy theory scientific theory classical theory

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "literary theory" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and its literary theory aspect post, application of literary theory because criticism, criticism, critics and study stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with string theory, quantum theory, set theory, literary works, literary festival and literary critic, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with literary theory

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Contemporary literary theory, however, denies the attribution of such fixed meanings. (11 words)

There are many types of literary theory, which take different approaches to texts. (13 words)

By this measure, literary theory can be thought of as the general theory of interpretation. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

And if you don’t have the mastery of semiotic and literary theory, years of Bible study and immersion in medieval aesthetics that will enable you to make sense of a book by a man who had exactly that at his back, then perhaps … don’t try? (47 words)

By the early 1990s, the popularity of "theory" as a subject of interest by itself was declining slightly (along with job openings for pure "theorists") even as the texts of literary theory were incorporated into the study of almost all literature. (41 words)

For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism citation draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept. (33 words)

Question examples

And if you don’t have the mastery of semiotic and literary theory, years of Bible study and immersion in medieval aesthetics that will enable you to make sense of a book by a man who had exactly that at his back, then perhaps … don’t try? (47 words)

Example sentences (20)

For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism citation draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept.

Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, because criticism always deals directly with particular literary works, while theory may be more general or abstract.

Paris: L'Harmattan, 2010, p. 78. Literary theory Psychoanalytically oriented French feminism focused on visual and literary theory all along.

The Use of Habitus in Literary Theory Bourdieu’s principle of habitus is interwoven with the concept of structuralism in literary theory.

Current state Today, interest in literary theory and continental philosophy coexists in university literature departments with a more conservative literary criticism of which the New Critics would probably have approved.

The modern sense of "literary theory," however, dates only to approximately the 1950s, when the structuralist linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure began strongly to influence English language literary criticism.

By the early 1990s, the popularity of "theory" as a subject of interest by itself was declining slightly (along with job openings for pure "theorists") even as the texts of literary theory were incorporated into the study of almost all literature.

By this measure, literary theory can be thought of as the general theory of interpretation.

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During this span of time, literary theory was perceived as academically cutting-edge, and most university literature departments sought to teach and study theory and incorporate it into their curricula.

And if you don’t have the mastery of semiotic and literary theory, years of Bible study and immersion in medieval aesthetics that will enable you to make sense of a book by a man who had exactly that at his back, then perhaps … don’t try?

Bakhtin argued that the "utter inadequacy" of literary theory is evident when it is forced to deal with the novel ; while other genres are fairly stabilized, the novel is still developing.

Contemporary literary theory, however, denies the attribution of such fixed meanings.

In literary theory, critics find complications in the term author beyond what constitutes authorship in a legal setting.

It celebrated, among other things, the 15 BC military victories of his stepsons, Drusus and Tiberius, yet it and the following letter Epistles 2.2 were largely devoted to literary theory and criticism.

J.R.R. Tolkien is credited with creating a movement to look at Old English as a subject of literary theory in his seminal lecture Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (1936).

The impact of post-structuralism, and its literary theory aspect post-modernism, on gender studies was most prominent in its challenging of grand narratives.

Themes main The themes and literary theory applied to the analysis of Austen's novels have varied and expanded with generations of readers and scholars who approach her writings.

There are many types of literary theory, which take different approaches to texts.

There is considerable similarity between structural literary theory and Northrop Frye 's archetypal criticism, which is also indebted to the anthropological study of myths.

This fallacy would later be repudiated by theorists from the reader-response school of literary theory.

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