"The most insistent and vigorous historicism through most of the twentieth century has been Marxism‚ based on the work of Karl Marx (1818-1883)" (Marxist Criticism"). Even though this critical theory has been proved to be flawed‚ this theory is quite helpful when used to "interpret the failure of Marxist regimes" (Tyson 49). Some of the fundamental premises include the idea that how an economy functions is the base of every society‚ that all human events and productions have specific material/historical
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philosophy and literature Of Grammatology‚which includes writings on Claude Levi Strauss‚ Saussure and Rousseau and Speech and Phenomenon‚ a deconstruction of the Logical Investigation of Edmund Husserl. Deconstuction ‚ as applied in the criticism of literature‚ designates a theory and practice of reading which claims to “subvert” or “undermine” the assumption that the system of language provides grounds that are adequate to establish the boundaries ‚ the coherence or unity and the determinate
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Middle Ages‚ such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s Wife of Bath. Over the course of centuries‚ feminism has later redefined the readers’ perspectives of major literary works. Nonetheless‚ the 1960’s second wave feminism introduces modern feminist literary criticism through the inclusion of gender equality reform laws and literature in the United States‚ such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ and national best-seller Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play
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ART CRITICISM PAPER "The Grafin von Schonfeld with her Daughter" by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun In the University Of Arizona Museum Of Art‚ the Pfeiffer Gallery is displaying many art pieces of oil on canvas paintings. These paintings are mostly portraits of people‚ both famous and not. They are painted by a variety of artists of European decent and American decent between the mid 1700’s and the early 1900’s. The painting by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun caught my eye and drew me in to look
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The Intentional Fallacy of W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley Annotation Intentions are the primary focus of the Intentional Fallacy‚ delving into the reliability of critiques and how much the critic can disseminate the intention of the works of poets. Innately flawed‚ the intentions of works are stained with history and experience of both the poet and the public‚ where neither can be ignored or excused. Explanations and indications of meaning are sometimes offered‚ however‚ this leaves footnotes
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of a famous regional work in Malayalam‚ Khasakkinte Ithihasam authored by the eminent writer O V Vijayan‚ and thus assert its artistic value. Divided into four chapters‚ the dissertation blends the kin theories of Psychoanalytic and Mythological criticism and applies it to the novel. The Introduction sets the ground for the analysis by exploring the scope of the novel in the comparative study of literature. It also asserts the author’s place in the regional and Indian English canons of literature
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successful foremothers corresponds well with Chodorow’s “Pre-Oedipal Gender Configurations”. Hence‚ the book’s way of secretly gendering the language is firmly grounded. Keywords: Women; Language; Tactic; Pre-Oedipal stage; Criticism One of the most interesting topics in feminist criticism is the complicated relationship between women and language. Entailed with the social contract‚ the symbolic system of language resumes and reveals the uneven distribution of power caused by gender difference. To obtain
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The Dream of the Rood c. Eighth Century Old English poem. The Dream of the Rood has been heralded by scholars as the finest expression of the Crucifixion theme in Old English poetry. Though it focuses on a motif common in Old English poetry‚ The Dream of the Rood is unique in describing it from the viewpoint of the Cross and within the context of a dream vision. The poem thus becomes a philosophical one‚ and‚ as John V. Fleming has asserted‚ "the vehicle of an ascetical-theological doctrine which
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Darren Ben-Ari Mrs. Rowe English III March 24‚ 1998 Death of a salesman Death of a salesman The Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller is a controversial play of a typical American family and their desire to live the American dream "Rather than a tragedy or failure as the play is often described. Death of a Salesman dramatizes a failure of [that] dream" (Cohn 51). The story is told through the delusional eyes and mind of Willy Loman‚ a traveling salesman of 34 years‚ whose fantasy world
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approaches to both texts‚ for example the feminist literary criticism. Feminists could criticize that in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Stella and Eunice’s relationship with their husbands conform to a stereotype of repressed women. This is similar to ‘Mrs Quasimodo’‚ where she herself is the devoted wife‚ concentrating on the happiness of her husband while he looks at her with a ‘discontented eye.’ Another criticism is the psychoanalytic criticism. One could argue that in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Blanche
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