Question

What are the sociological approaches to literature?

Answer 1

A sociological criticism of literature looks at both the author and the content of a work (see the first source in the links below). It examines the author's connection to their society and their position in society. For example, an author who is from the working class might have a different perspective than an author from the middle class. Additionally, the sociological approach examines the content of a literary work and looks at its views about society. One common sociological approach is the Marxist critique of literature (see the first source below), which looks at the types of class conflicts portrayed in literary works. The sociological approach can involve looking both at history and at the current day (see the second source below). For example, a sociological approach can involve analyzing the society of past literary works (such as the society in Jane Austen's novels) and examining the society of today (by asking what a literary text can tell us about today's world).


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