New Historicism in Literature

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The concept and fact of ‘history’, like many other concepts, was re-evaluated through an approach outside the traditional perceptions during the second half of the twentieth century, in which a questioning perspective was dominant. Perception of history in the twentieth century was formed within an academic and intellectual structure examining the concept of history together with the concept of culture and influenced by multiculturalism. The complement of approaches known as new historicism forms a field of study which examines the concept of history on the basis of lives, textuality and narrativity, remains doubtful of canonical and formal historical accounts, focuses on the history of those who were not allowed to speak throughout history and, in this context, the formational role of power relations in historical process, has an interdisciplinary structure, evaluates historical texts together with other texts, and aims to write a kind of history of cultures in which ordinary man becomes prominent instead of mentioning significant historical figures and events.

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History , New Historicism , Stephen Greenblatt , Literature , Literary Criticism , Theory

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi