Hébert Louis. Introduction to Literary Analysis: A Complete Methodology

Routledge, 2022. — 260 p. — ISBN 978- 1- 032- 01727- 3.This book provides a complete guide to analyzing literary works, from an introduction of basic principles to the finer details. Main components—introduces nearly 30 aspects of text analysis, such as style, themes, social aspects, and context, and then goes on to introduce nearly 50 approaches, such as literary history, ecocriticism, narratology, and sociology. The process of analysis—details the general structure of the analytical text, the structure of a pedagogical essay, the analysis of a theoretical element, possible “plans” for the analytical text, methods of argumentation, statements of opinion, hypotheses, the structure of paragraphs, and the use of citations. This book is a synthesis of established scholarship with new, original insights, making it an ideal introduction to the study of literature as well as a valuable companion throughout further study.Principles
Definition of analysis
Components of analysis
Objects of analysis
Components of analysis
Aspects of the literary text
Approaches to literary texts
Corpus
Aspects of theater
Components of the analytical text
The general structure of analysis
The pedagogical essay
Analysis of a theoretical element
The plan of the analytical text
Argumentation
Opinion and taking a position
Hypothesis
Paragraph
Citation