Nairat 1 Abdelrahman A.Nairat IwannaNaom Literary Theory and The analysis of texts Ελπ 1-510 Θεωρία λογοτεχνίας και ανάλυση κειμένων Jan 30, 2015 General Principles of Formalism, Structuralism and Psychoanalysis What is theory? Literally speaking, the word “theory” comes from Greek language” ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ” which means to “speculate ”. One of the most remarkable and distinctive qualities of theory is that it is an undefined and problematic entity. We may be thinking of some rough definitions of theories, but not a thorough chunk of theory or a clear cut-definition. Nevertheless, we might be slightly friendly with some distinctive qualities of theory and its characterizations. Because distinctive borders of theory are vague to illustrate, theorists prefer to talk about the qualities of theory rather than marking the boundaries of theory itself. Theory as Culler says: it is “ a body of thinking and writing whose limits are exceedingly hard to define ” (Culler 18). Indubitably, Culler insists that the first thing about theory that is hard to define is that theory is not a part, but is rather a body which consists of many parts which cannot be segregated from one another. Now we might guess –roughly speaking- one definition of theory, saying that theory is a set of ideas, beliefs, and thoughts or disciplines that we can look