Exploration of literary text and cultural system of a particular society: An approach of New Historicism

This article tries to show that the major issue of New Historicism is explore relationship between texts and cultural system in which they are produced. a historical method studies evaluates literary text terms social, historical, political contexts. It considers works literature as text. reveals formalist conception an independent aesthetic order goes beyond requirements interests society. also attempts represent one cannot imagine apart from another form social significance society produces return it reshapes culture clarifies how signify both culturally constructed patterns, produce formations. Historicists have faith makes no sense isolate writings context because such product intricate relations. theory first introduced by Stephen Greenblatt 1980s usual practice poetics. Its concepts, themes procedures were often recognized scholars English Renaissance late 1970s early 1980s. They focused their attention on drama carefully observed voices oppressed, marginalized, deprived.