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it actively participates in shaping reality.  \n• Texts and events are mutually constitutive.  \nUse of Anecdotes (Microhistories)  \n• New Historicists often begin with anecdotes or lesser-known historical events to disrupt dominant narratives and reveal tensions or contradictions in culture.  \n• History is textual (constructed and interpretive), and texts are historical (shaped by their time and place) .  \nDAK SH ITA SINGH  \nNew Historicist Methods  \n• Interdisciplinary Analysis  \n• Reading against the grain  \n• Juxtaposition  \n• Contextualization  \nDAK SH ITA SINGH  \n| Theory / Thinker | Contribution to New Historicism |\n| --- | --- |\n| Michel Foucault | Power, discourse, genealogy, nonlinear history |\n| Jacques Derrida | Deconstruction, textual instability, intertextuality |\n| Clifford Geertz | Cultural anthropology, \"thick description\" |\n| Marxism | Ideology, class conflict, power dynamics |\n| Reader-Response Theory | Emphasis on historical reader and\u003Cbr>reception |\n\nDAK SH ITA SINGH  \n| Thinker | Key Work(s) | Contribution to New Historicism |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Michel Foucault | Discipline and Punish (1975), The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969), The History of Sexuality (1976–84) | Power-knowledge relationship, discourse, and institutions' role in shaping culture. |\n| Stephen Greenblatt | Renaissance Self-Fashioning (1980), The Power of Forms in the English Renaissance (1982,\u003Cbr>ed.) | Founder of New Historicism; emphasized the interplay of text and historical context. |\n| Clifford Geertz | The Interpretation of Cultures\u003Cbr>(1973) | Introduced thick description and cultural context in interpreting meaning. |\n| Louis Montrose | Essay: Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture (1989) | Coined “textuality of history and historicity of texts.” |\n\nDAK SH ITA SINGH  \nDAKSHITA SINGH","cbCaiiZx0In3LnEj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiZx0In3LnEj","pdf",437405,"English","# Historicism and the shift to New Historicism\n## Old vs. New Historicism (core contrasts)\n## New Historicism overview and influences\n## Key ideas\n## New Historicist methods\n## Thinkers and contributions\n## Key works referenced","[{\"question\":\"How does New Historicism differ from Old Historicism?\",\"answer\":\"Old Historicism assumes objectivity and treats history as linear and fact-based, while New Historicism views history as constructed discourse shaped by social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. 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