English 441 New Criticism Explained Beginning in the 1920’s and coalescing in the 1940’s‚ an interpretative approach emerged that did not define literature as essentially the self-expressive product of the artist nor as an evaluative reflection or illumination of cultural history. These "New Critics" opposed the traditional critical practice of using historical or biographical data to interpret literature. Rather‚ they focused on the literary work as an autotelic (self-contained) object. The New
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Biographical Criticism Upon reading the opening of Langston Hughes poem‚ I recognized that there was a lot going on. It can be first noticed that this is an assignment given to him by his English instructor at his college. There is evidence that Langston started his homework immediately. This fact suggests that the assignment not only motivated him to write‚ but it caused him to think. The result is a path of reflection and opinions‚ which leads to an eye-opener of truth that everyone is
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Richard L. W. Clarke LITS2306 Notes 05A 1 MATTHEW ARNOLD “THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM AT THE PRESENT TIME” (1864) Arnold‚ Matthew. “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time.” Critical Theory Since Plato. Ed. Hazard Adams. New York: Harcourt‚ Brace‚ Jovanovich‚ 1971. 592-603. Pragmatic theorists from Plato onwards have emphasised the impact which literature has on the reader. Here‚ Arnold‚ arguably England’s most important cultural critic in the second half of the nineteenth century and someone
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Film Criticism Lee R. Bobker affirms that there are six rudiments that film criticism should involve to be effectual: 1. Theme of film 2. Quality of technical execution 3. Quality and nature of ideas in the film 4. Validity of ideas in the film 5. Individual contributions 6. Relationship of the film to other works by the same filmmaker Each of these essentials must be satisfied or the film criticism will lack its effectiveness. A true critic realizes the importance that they hold
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137). The book Methods of Rhetorical Criticism: A Twentieth-Century Perspective elaborates on the idea of generic criticism. Rhetorician Lloyd F. Bitzer‚ described generic criticism as “a complex of persons‚ events‚ objects‚ and relations presenting an actual or potential exigence which can be completely or partially removed discourse introduced into the situation
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evidence that certain events could happen in order for statements to be significant and often times in metaphysics they were not. While many could argue that the verification principle excelled at critiquing metaphysical claims there are several criticisms that could come with is handling of religious and ethical
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bedroom? When working with the work of Gregory Crewdson‚ an American photographer who often depicts homes and neighborhoods‚ the world may never know for sure. Rick Moody makes a valid point in the essay preceding Crewdson’s Twilight photo essay: “And that’s why the twilight photographs we have before us both seem to be easy to interpret and very difficult at the same time. If you could figure a photograph out in three minutes and forty-five seconds‚ you wouldn’t want to look at it anymore” (Moody
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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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At nine‚ you took great pride in your passionate‚ unwavering hatred for the Twilight saga. There wasn’t anything in the books that you outright objected to‚ but you didn’t like how your friends would dedicate your precious sleepover time to breaking out in violent pillow fights over whether Bella should date Edward or Jacob. Perplexed and disgusted‚ you would watch your sweet friends who played hopscotch and licked lollipops transform into young savages that violently swung around fluffed bed pillows
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reformers wrote against church’s corruption and straying from “authentic models of the New Testament” - Protestantism eventually gained popularity in Western Europe in 1600s -“Historical origins of modern atheism lie primarily in an extended criticism of the power and status of the church - The 18th century was regarded the “most creative period of atheist experimentation and reflection” Chapter 2 - 1789 French Revolution had several socioeconomic influences including the decline of the church
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