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ANALYSIS OF
LITERARYCRITICISM
HOW I MET MY HUSBAND
ALICE MUNRO
PISMP BI (SK) 2 JAN 2013ALVIN WONG
DAISY KUNANGVORNICA RUBY
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PLOT OF
HOW I MET
MYHUSBAND
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Edie, a hired girl Met Chris Edie Chris
Alice
Kelling,fianc
Conflict
between Alice,Chris & Edie
Chris left Edie
but promise towrite
No letterEnded up marrying
Carmichael, thepostman
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LiteraryTheories
Formalism
GenderStudies
PsychoanalyticLiterary Criticism
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FORMALISM
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FORMALISM
New Critics
Irony Paradox
Russian Formalist Form
Literary Devices
Structure
Form
Context
NewCriticism
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Theme
Blinded by truth
Edie could not see the effects that shemight face in the future when she acceptedChris as part of her life.
Example: When we said good-bye Iwasnt at all sad, because he held my faceand said, Im going to write you a letter. Illtell you where You wait. (Pg. 19)
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LiteraryDevice
Irony
a) The readers actually absolutelyhave the notion that Chris as theromantic interest for Eddie.
b) The mailman (the Carmichael)assumed that Eddies smile wasfor him when he delivered her
letters. Ironically, that smilerepresented her happiness andfulfilled hope for Chris.
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GENDERCRITICISM
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GENDERCRITICISM
GenderIdentity
GenderRepresentation
Differencesbetweengenders
Typical GenderCharacteristics
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Expected pattern ofbehaviour of a woman
Shows a figure of awoman hard to
adapt with changes
My parents had made the effort
and sent me to school for ayear, but I didnt like it. I was
shy of strangers and the workwas hard,they didnt make it
nice for you or explain the waythey do now. (Pg. 15)
Then there was practically
no baking. Mrs. Peebles
said she couldnt makepie crust, the most
amazing thing I everhearda woman admit.
(Pg. 15)
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PSYCHOANALYTICLITERARY CRITICISM
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PSYCHOANALYTIC LITERARYCRITICISM
View worksthrough
psychology
Psychologicalmotivation ofcharacters
Maps theunconscious
stages of psychicdevelopment
Outwardexpression of
authors
unconsciousmind
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Live in anagriculture
society
Working aslabourer atyoung age
Faced
love
dilemma
Asuccessful
writer
Stillhoping
Remarried& live
happily
Naive
AliceMunro
Edie
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Live in anagriculture
society
Working as
labourer atyoung age
Facedlove
dilemma
Lets go back in the house. Lets
not stand here gawking like a setof farmers. (Pg. 15)
Alice Kelling and Chris I layawake till they got back I got up to
look down on them through theslats of my blind. (Pg. 18)
Im the hired girl. (Pg. 16)
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Stillhoping
Naive
I was perfectly happy, waiting, Iforgot all about Alice Kelling andher misery and awful talk (Pg.
20)
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REFERENCESRyan, M. (2007). Literary Theory. Blackwell Publishing: USA.
Bressler, C. E. (2011) Literary Criticism An Introduction toTheory and Practice. Pearson Education: US.
Brizee, A. , Thompkins, J. C. (2013). Psychoanalytical
Criticism (1930s-present). Retrieved from:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/04/
Brizee, A. , Thompkins, J. C. (2013). Formalism (1930s-present). Retrieved from:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/03/
Brizee, A. , Thompkins, J. C. (2013). Gender Studies andQueer Theory(1970s-present). Retrieved from:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/12/
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