Liberal humanism is the first in the way of organized and structured analysis founded as an official school of thought. Colleges, which at the time of the creation of liberal humanism were mainly religious institutions, were the first places the ten commandments of liberal humanism were set in stone. In order to use liberal humanism, you must first omit all prior understanding and future predictions of the universe. There is nothing except the text you are attempting to analyze. While this particular practice was in use for several years, it has since then become completely irrelevant. Attempting to analyze a more modern text, such as Thomas Hardy's The Withered Arm, with only this method strips the text of all of its impact the author attempted to convaey and any meaning the text might have had on the reader. To find the meaning in anything, any aspect of our lives, we must compare. How can you understand happiness without using all of the other emotions to help you comprehend it? According to those who use liberal humanism, this no context, analyzing is the only way to understand “good” (good under this particular literary umbrella) literature.
Originally, this type of analysis was used specifically to break down religious texts, and in a way this could make sense. By separating yourselfs from the text, students may have been able to see the word of God in a clearer sense then if they were just reading it. The holes in this theory began once the rules were used on more
Originally, this type of analysis was used specifically to break down religious texts, and in a way this could make sense. By separating yourselfs from the text, students may have been able to see the word of God in a clearer sense then if they were just reading it. The holes in this theory began once the rules were used on more