A Dual-Criticism Look at The Birthmark Literature is many things: provoking‚ heartwarming‚ emotional‚ traumatic‚ poetic‚ maybe even life-changing. Literature can also be incredibly ambiguous. While literature can be “simply read”‚ when one takes a step back and looks at a piece through specific lenses‚ the work can take on an incredibly different‚ deeper meaning. Taking the lead of criticisms such as formalist‚ psychoanalytical‚ biological‚ feminist‚ Marxist‚ etc.‚ one can dig deeper into a text
Premium Nathaniel Hawthorne Psychoanalysis Literary criticism
Movie Criticism American film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert use a form of criticism that “considers the organic unity of the unique work” to review the 1978 horror film Halloween (Mays 1974). The form of criticism used‚ is a sub category from Emphasis on the Text‚ which is called New Criticism. Ebert stated that‚ “there is a difference between good and scary movies” before discussing with Siskel why they appreciated this movie. According to Siskel & Ebert‚ this film was “directed with a
Premium Film Horror film Film criticism
Connor Gallagher Mr. Dalton English Honors Freshmen 12 February 2013 The Romeo and Juliet Story Romeo and Juliet is a play created by Shakespeare a very long time ago‚ but this play has been adopted into many other movies‚ plays‚ songs‚ and even phrases. In class we watched Romeo and Juliet‚ West side story‚ and Princess Bride. These are all renditions of the original and are unique in their own way‚ West Side Story is a musical‚ Princess Bride is a medieval story‚ and Romeo and Juliet is a
Free Romeo and Juliet
I remember 2 years ago when I met my students for the first time. Among all my students‚ I strongly think that Alex is the student that matured the most. Alex lost his father from a car accident only about 2 years ago. Sometimes when he hears someone talking about their dad that their dads played with them or that they bought a present for them‚ Alex is suddenly silent. There even was once a time when he started to cry because he said he wanted to see his father. It is then when I started to understand
Premium Theory of cognitive development Jean Piaget
Citizen Kane In 1941‚ the dramatic film Citizen Kane was released by first time director‚ Orson Welles. Welles once said‚ “A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.” With the attitude Welles had in directing‚ it brought him heavy burden filled with controversy amongst newspaper mongrel William Randolph Hearst‚ movie director Howard Hughes and Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull for the adaptation of these three personalities in the character‚ Kane. Upon Citizen
Premium Citizen Kane Orson Welles
이예지 백정국 Literary Criticism 2014. 10. 28 Lisel Mueller’s Poem “Things” with New Criticism New Criticism is a methodology which argues that literature is independent and criticizes only the text itself without any background‚ such as its relevance to any information about author or the situations of the time period when it was written. In this paper‚ I try to analyze and find the poetic beauty of Lisel Mueller’s poem “Things” by using the perspective of New Criticism. First of all‚ what can be found
Premium Poetry Literary criticism Rhyme scheme
Feminist and Womanist Criticism of African Literature: A Bibliography By Sharon Verba July 20‚ 1997 Those women who struggle without giving up hope‚ herald the impending change...: change in attitude for both men and women as they evaluate and re-evaluate their social roles.... -Rosemary Moyana‚ "Men & Women" Rereading‚ willful misreading‚ and de- and re-coding are tools used in African literature and womanist or feminist discourse to challenge "canonized ’literature ’"
Free Feminism Literary criticism Africa
story; Introduction of the main characters 2. Character Analysis a. Narrator of "I ’m A Fool" b. Paul in "Paul ’s Case" 3. Comparing and contrasting the characters a. Religious Motivation b. Economical Issues 4. Conclusion Thesis Statement: The author of this essay wants to prove that Paul ’s actions are both influenced by economical and religious issues while the narrator ’s deeds in "I ’m a Fool" are only economically influenced and happen mostly by mistake. "Paul ’s Case" by Willa Cather
Premium God Willa Cather
In the article Moral Criticisms written by Market‚ Ken S. Ewart‚ he discusses the religious criticism of the “free market” acknowledging that there are problems. The problems include selfishness‚ materialism‚ and abuse of power in the economy existing in the “free market” He clearly identifies that the free market system gives everyone the ability to pursue their own goals. The believers from the secular left believe this thought. He states “According to critics of the market‚ mere survival in
Premium
Each individual has his or her own criticism of literature‚ judging the book by the cover defines each reader unliterary or literary. As we read literature do we as a reader go in so much depth‚ that we look at each angle of the book and acknowledge the beauty of art by the authors. The book by C.S Lewis‚ An Experiment in Criticism is based on the critics of literature that involves the type of readers by the type of readings. Lewis is an author who is recognized for his contribution to children
Premium Literary criticism Literary theory Literature