------------------------------------------------- Biographical Criticism Biographical criticism is the idea that knowing an author’s experiences can help the reader to interpret and understand the author’s text. Biographical critics believe it’s essential to be aware of the time period and events at the time of the writing‚ and this will help them understand the work. By understanding what time period that the author was raised in‚ the audience‚ who has to have a common knowledge about general
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COMMUNIQUE OF THE MAIDEN NATIONAL THEATURE AND FILM CRITICS ROUNDTABLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THETRE CRITICS (IATC-NIGERIA)‚ HELD ON THE 21st OF SEPTEMBER‚ 2013‚ AT THE REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY‚ MOWE‚ OGUN STATE‚ NIGERIA PREAMBLE The maiden edition of the National Theatre and Film Critics Roundtable held on the 21st September 2013 at the Redeemer’s University‚ Mowe‚ Ogun State. The even which was organized by the Nigeria Section of the UNESCO founded International Association of
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Outline –Dance Criticism (Step Up Revolution) Introduction: -Describe more about dancing. -Briefly talk about the movie “Step Up Revolution” Hook: Dancing is one of the art form that is the mixture of human passion and body movement to create every single move Thesis: This protesting dance mob dance to be turbulent for the business man‚ criticize the project in the middle of the conference‚ and to show the culture of Miami. Topic: Dance Criticism (Step Up Revolution) Scope: protesting
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Douglass’s fifth of July. In J. A. Kuypers (Ed.)‚ Rhetorical criticism‚ perspectives in action (pp. 39-59). Lanham‚ MD: Lexington. F. I. Hill wrote the article The “Traditional” Perspective in 1972; later edited in 2009. This article was meant to inform readers about how to apply traditional criticism through the use of the theory of rhetoric. It was divided into two sections; the first being an overview of traditional criticism‚ and the second being the application of this in his critical essay
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the great mind‚ then‚ we may use biographical criticism as to how we may criticize such literary piece. Biographical Criticism not only determines the effect of the writer’s life on his work but also offers to help us understand both writer and his own work. Through understanding the life and influences of the author in writing‚ readers would thoroughly understand the author’s intended meaning to his work. The assumption of the biographical criticism is that the interpretation of the literary piece
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William Golding in Lord of the Flies develops his message through the characters and symbolism in the novel. Peter Brook’s the director of the 1963 version of Lord of the Flies‚ follows the book closely but leaves out major parts. Such as Brook does not properly introduce the main characters or properly develops the main characters. As well as the symbols Golding purposely focuses on in the book end up not have the equivalent meaning in the movie. While Brook’s movie is the best representation of
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being a champion not only of great poetry‚ but of literary criticism itself. The purpose of literary criticism‚ in his view‚ was ’to know the best that is known and thought in the world‚ and by in its turn making this known‚ to create a current of true and fresh ideas’‚ and he has influenced a whole school of critics including new critics such as T. S. Eliot‚ F. R. Leavis‚ and Allen Tate. He was the founder of the sociological school of criticism‚ and through his touchstone method introduced scientific
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Marxist criticism is a type of criticism in which literary works are viewed as the product of work and whose practitioners emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect‚ propagate‚ and even challenge the prevailing social order. Rather than viewing texts as repositories for hidden meanings‚ Marxist critics view texts as material products to be understood in broadly historical terms. In short‚ literary works are viewed as a product of work (and hence of the realm of production and consumption
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Mongol Invasions” as well as the pertinent humanitarian concerns best illustrated by renowned historian Ibn al-Athir‚ criticisms regarding the religious legitimacy and negative humanitarian impacts of the Mongol Invasions are valid assessments. The first controversy surrounding the impact of the Mongol invasions is whether or not their motives were legitimate. Much of historian criticism suggests that the religious and ideological beliefs of the Mongols that compelled them to action were both extremist
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Shannon Clark Mr. Daub Literature 095 1 April 2015 Into the Wild Psychological Criticism “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” Ralph Waldo Emerson. Into the Wild is a book that focuses on the life of Chris McCandless and his journey through the Alaskan Wilderness. In the process of Chris‚ finding himself he
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