Introduction
One of the approaches in literary analysis involves a closet reading of texts. Essentially, a close reading involves a thorough analysis of texts towards the goal of scrutinizing all details that relate the connotative and denotative meaning of various literary works. As an approach, a close of reading of text is called formalism or new criticism. Formalism as an approach in literary analysis focuses on the intrinsic nature of texts. Texts become independent in that its significance and value lay in the content or more specifically the choice of words and the arrangement of these words in literature. Since formalism derives meaning from ...
