Grace Lear Ms. Joan Richmond English 2261 17 Feb. 2013 New Criticism: A Focused Summary New criticism is a type of literary theory that focuses on the close reading of literature and how the literature functions as the object it’s meant to be. No external influences are to be taken into consideration‚ strictly the writing itself. This movement emphasizes the text in literature and explains the writers meaning to the reader. The author’s intention‚ excluding historical and cultural context
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New criticism approaches - FOUZIA LAKHMOR - G3 - S4 - ON : 530 New Criticism A literary movement that started in the late 1920s and 1930s and originated in reaction to traditional criticism that new critics saw as largely concerned with matters extraneous to the text‚ e.g.‚
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and New Criticism “Formalism” is‚ as the name implies‚ an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text. The work of the Formalists had a general impact on later developments in “Structuralism” and other theories of narrative. “Formalism‚” like “Structuralism‚” sought to place the study of literature on a scientific basis through objective analysis of the motifs‚ devices‚ techniques‚ and other “functions” that comprise the literary work. The
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New Criticism VS Reader-Response Criticism What is more accurate‚ new criticism or reader response criticism? The answer is neither‚ seeing as both styles of critic views and analyzes the topic at hand and gives feedback. Though both styles offer feedback‚ they are different forms of feedback entirely. New criticism involves focusing on the material at hand‚ and not what it was meant to be perceived as‚ to judge the topic by every measurable feature possible. Reader response criticism is when
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Literary Criticism Quiz 1. Explain the ego‚ id‚ and superego. 2. What does formalism analyze? 3. What does the philosophical approach evaluate? 4. What are the three stages of the quest as defined by the archetypal approach? Make sure you explain them: 5. What is the Oedipal Complex? 6. What constitutes the “tragic hero?” 7. What is the intentional fallacy? 8. On what basis do philosophical critics judge a work? 9. What
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Literature: A Criticism of Life Literature does not simply add to reality‚ but describes it. Matthew Arnold’s statement about literature being a “criticism of life” is right because literature teaches it talks about problems that the world faces daily‚ good moral lessons through criticism‚ and it shows the author commentary on things. Literature is used to express people’s feelings and thoughts. In some literature‚ it can be used to show what authors critique in this world‚ being either good or
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The comprehension of literary history gives us insight into the past‚ recognition of historical events and corruption written into the works of those who were present. By including societal behaviors‚ political tensions‚ and common folklore‚ authors have indirectly provided the reader with a broader and deeper understanding of the literature‚ as well as the period in which it was written. Besides insight into society as a whole‚ literary history has provided future writers with models of poetic device
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LITERARY THEORY Misconceptions about theory: 1. Theory is difficult What is difficult however is the language because most of the theorists are French 2. theory is meaningless‚ pretentious jargon 3. that we are intellectually incapable of coping with it(i.e we are at fault) 4. We take everything as gospel truth; We should question What is literary theory? Theory is a coherent set of conceptual hypothetical and pragmatic principles forming the general frame of reference for a discipline
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In the essay "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics"‚ the author‚ J. R. R. Tolkien explains how Beowulf is portrayed as a historical document‚ rather than that of a work of art as he argues. The main argument of his paper is that Beowulf is “poor in criticism” as this would affect the way the reader would interpret the text. Tolkien argues that many of the interpretations are incorrect as they make us analyze the text historically versus analyzing is from an artistic point of view. Tolkien’s essay
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LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE • What is literature? Literate/ literacy - able to read/write Origin- from Latin “litteratura” (letter) • literature with the small ‘l’ Literature - piece of writing/printed information on a particular subject • literature with the big ‘L’ Literature - pieces of writing that are valued as works of art eg. Novels‚ plays‚ poems (contrast to technical books/ scientific/ academic writings) • Literary - connected with literature
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