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Glossary of Literary Theory |
New historicism
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A mode of analysis that sees history as a form of writing, discourse,
or language. This new historicism abandons any notion of history as an
imitation of events in the world or a reflection of external reality. Instead,
it regards history as a species of narrative with gaps or ruptures between
epistemes -- modes of thought and ways of knowing that characterize a given
historical moment.
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