Not exact matches
Higher criticism includes an analysis of the
literary genre of the text, its
historical background, the history of the oral
tradition behind the text, and the cultural and psychological factors at work on the author and editor (or editors) of the text.
As a whole, modern innovative literature training may only exist together with a long
historical experience of development in the
literary disciplines in secondary and higher education with methodical
tradition.
The work is rooted in a multi-disciplinary approach that is as faceted in the mediums employed as in the array of art
historical,
literary and folk
tradition references.
Historically, there has been a distinct separation between media and genres of art - the beaux arts
tradition imported from the Grande Academie of Paris, from which American art institutions were derived, maintained clear boundaries between the plastic, performing, and
literary arts - whoa, I'll stop there before I go off on an art
historical tangent!