Name:Kashmiraba G. Jadeja Roll No.: 10 M.A. 1 Sem.2 The Cultural studies Topic: New Historicism and Cultural

Materialism Submitted To: Dr. Dilip Barad Department of english M.K. Bhavnagar University 2012- 2013

New Historicism: Definition “New historicism is a method

based on the parallel reading of literary and non-literary texts, usually of the same historical period.”

New historicis

m involves

Paralles study of non-literary text

Paralles study of

literary text

Faucoult’s work

State Punishment

Prisons

Medical profession

Legislation about

sexuality

New Historicists:

Juxtapose literary and non-literary text Defamiliarise the conical literary text Focus attention on state power Use post structuralist

Historical context

Theoretical method

Political comment

Textual analysis

Cultural Materialism

Cultural materialists:

1 Read literary text to ‘Recovers its Histories’

2Forground transmission and contextuatising

3 Combine Marxist and Feminist approach4 Use the technique of textual analysis5 Work mainly within traditional notion

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