Lit Notes

SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH OF LITERATURE - WILBUR SCOTT     Sociological criticism firmly believes that the relationship between art and society is very important. The examination of this relationship between art and society is essential for a better and much more suitable understanding of art. It also plays a very important role in shaping our response to a work of art or a work of literature. Art and literature are always influenced and shaped by the society and the time in which the creator of that particular work of art or work of literature lives. The author is an important person because the author is someone who can express or communicate effectively. The critic who approaches a novel or a text from a sociological point of view or perspective is deeply interested in examining and understanding the social background described in the novel. The critic closely examines the effect of that particular social background on the author and also studies the response of the wri...