Written Report: Russian Formalism and New Criticism Formalism is a literary theory that was spearheaded by two main bodies – Russian Formalists and New Critics – which focused on understanding the literary text through the text itself. Its principles posed a great shift from the traditional approaches during its time‚ and so it sparked a movement in the field of literary studies that would adopt new perspectives and ideas. While Formalism received much criticism due to its dubious methods of the closed
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of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Selden‚ Raman. A reader’s guide to contemporary literary theory / Raman Selden‚ Peter Widdowson‚ Peter Brooker.— 5th ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-582-89410-7 (pbk.) 1. Criticism—History—20th century. I. Widdowson‚ Peter. II. Brooker‚ Peter. III. Title. PN94.S45 2005 801 ’.95 ’0904—dc22 2004063377 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form or
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Introduction The Hope for the Flowers of Trina Paulus started when Stripe was born. He saw other crawlers who were climbing a tree for them to reach the top. It was climb or be climbed. Stripe chose to climb and not mind other crawlers. He was very persistent to reach the top. He stepped on them and continued this single –minded approach. One day‚ he met a caterpillar named Yellow. They immediately fell in love with each other. Yellow encouraged him to just go down and not continue the climb. He
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The Crucible Study Guide with Answers Act I 1. What purpose does the Overture serve? Miller uses the first act to introduce not only the characters but also his comparison between the Puritans and 1950s America. He accomplishes both of these in his lengthy sidebars as characters come into Ruth’s bedroom. 2. What does the “sparseness” of the Puritan setting reveal about the lives of the townspeople of Salem? The setting mirrors the Puritans’ beliefs. The lack of ornamentation demonstrates
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Richard Lopez Dr. Dibakar Barua English 110 13 March 2014 Women of the Past: A Feminist Critique Patriarchal ideals and gender roles keep women from being completely free. Throughout history‚ women have been labeled and stereotyped as being less capable than men. This caused them to continuously doubt their own capabilities compared to men’s. Society has not presented them with the same opportunities‚ nor treated them as fairly. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ she portrays
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Criticism is given by many‚ yet received well by few. What plausible reason could exist for this human characteristic? Most people would simply say that destructive criticism hurts everyone and that constructive criticism does not hurt. This seems to be the case on the surface‚ but‚ when examined more closely‚ a different conclusion is drawn. Constructive criticism does not exist. Constructive criticism is only perceived as constructive by the person giving it‚ yet it is not perceived as such
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1917‚ which also inspired some of his works‚ pointing out the hierarchy of Ivy-League schools. Fitzgerald then went on to make more great literary works‚ and became a very wealthy man. With every great novel comes criticism‚ and Fitzgerald’s novels were no exception‚ receiving criticism for his depictions of the Jazz Age‚ wealth‚ and the Illusive American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s rough young life in poverty with high expectations did grow into fortune‚ but became a heavy drinker and partier that
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anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss was arguably the first such scholar‚ sparking a widespread interest in Structuralism.[1] The structuralist mode of reasoning has been applied in a diverse range of fields‚ including anthropology‚ sociology‚ psychology‚ literary criticism‚ economics and architecture. The most prominent thinkers associated with structuralism include Lévi-Strauss‚ linguist Roman Jakobson‚ and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. As an intellectual movement‚ structuralism was initially presumed to be the heir
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Comparing a memo called “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” written by James Damore and an email sent by Sundar Pichai titled “Our Words Matter‚” I was able to depict the difference between an employee failing at an attempt to close the gender gap‚ and a leader that respects his employees’ ideologies. Throughout this paper‚ I will discuss the intentions‚ mistakes‚ and strengths of Damore‚ how Pichai showed leadership‚ how social media impact Google and other companies‚ and how the Internet impacts
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Metaphoric Criticism Metaphors are everywhere. Every story that we read‚ speech that we hear‚ even images can be used as metaphors to bring about meaning. They are used in everyday conversations‚ and are visual tools that give our listeners a better understanding of our intended meaning. Metaphoric criticism is a critiquing method that attempts to gain a greater understanding of the metaphors used within an artifact‚ and therefore attain a better perception of the author or orators intended meaning
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