What are the methods of literary research?

Answer 1

Literature research methods refer to the methods and techniques used to study literary phenomena. The following are some common literary research methods:

1. Analyzing the structure of the text: analyze the structure of a novel or poem to understand how the author organized and constructed the text and how the text reflected the author's intentions and theme.

2. Study literary schools and symbols: Study different literary schools and symbols to understand how they affect literary creation and readers, and how they reflect social and cultural backgrounds.

3. Analyzing literary criticism: Studying literary criticism to understand how readers understand and evaluate literary works and how critics analyze and interpret literary works.

4. Comparing literature from different countries to understand their similarities and differences, as well as the characteristics of literary creation in different cultural backgrounds.

5. quantitative analysis: use statistics to study the quantity, readership, market value and other quantitative data of literary works to understand the development trend and changes of literary phenomena.

6. Cultural studies: studies the cultural phenomena reflected in literary works, such as social, political, religious, historical and other cultural factors that affect literary creation.

7. Interdisciplinary research: Combining research methods from different disciplines into literary studies such as history, philosophy, psychology, etc. to better understand literary creation and readers.

These methods can be used alone or in combination to study different literary phenomena and problems.