Један осврт на нови историзам

This paper is concerned with the emergence of New Historicism, its basic features and conditional division into Leftism and Rightismorientated New Historicism. The paper also presents a theoretical base on New Historicism - Geertz’s symbolic anthropology and Foucault’s social model, as well as the sociohistorical and both scientific and professional causes of its origin. Special attention is devoted to new historicist studies in Renaissance literature and, additionally, to the causes that led to scholars’ being attracted by this era. Furthermore, what is taken into consideration is the methodological and conceptual similarity between New Historicism and feminism, revised Marxist theories and cultural materialism.