In Danish literary criticism, which movement emerging in the 1960s insisted on close reading of the text itself as an autonomous artistic object, rejecting biographical intentionality?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. New Criticism (nykritik)
- Step 1: Danish New Criticism (nykritik), influenced by Anglo-American scholars and Danish academics like Johan Fjord Jensen, analyzed texts solely on their intrinsic linguistic, metaphoric, and formal terms. Answer: New Criticism (nykritik). Why not the others: Biographism focuses on authorial biography, Deconstruction dismantles binary hierarchies in text, and Social Realism interprets literature through socio-economic struggles.
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