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    Great Gatsby Criticism

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    got him into Princeton University in 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

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    Reader Response Criticism

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    READER’S RESPONSE CRITICISM Applying Reader Response Strategy in Appreciating Literary Works The appreciation of the short story applies seven reader response strategies posed by Beach and Marshall (1990); they are describing‚ conceiving‚ explaining‚ interpreting‚ engaging‚ connecting and judging. The guiding questions are constructed based on the responses. NO | Response | Explanations | Indicators | Questions to guide | 1 | Engaging(Include) | Getting involved in literary work.Readers are

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    when his mother reveals the identity of the Misfit out loud. She compares Bailey to “the loyal sibling in the biblical story of the prodigal son”. She talks about how Bailey tries to assert his authority after the accident and while they were being held at gun point by the Misfit. Bailey tries to deal with negotiations with the Misfit because he is the only one that seems to grasp their imminent danger. Nester also explains Bailey as the only intelligent one‚ realizing what is happening‚ and

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    New criticism approaches - FOUZIA LAKHMOR - G3 - S4 - ON : 530 New Criticism A literary movement that started in the late 1920s and 1930s and originated in reaction to traditional criticism that new critics saw as largely concerned with matters extraneous to the text‚ e.g.‚

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    Feminist Criticism

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    II Melissa Juchniewicz Feminist Criticism 2/23/13 Hide the Hood Little Girl Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault is a story every child learns that is about a young girl with a red riding hood who goes into the woods to deliver some food to her very ill grandmother and in her journey she encounters a wolf who in the end wants to trick her into believing he is her grandmother. However children only enjoy a simple fairy tale for the fact of being imaginary‚ as when we were children

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    Criticisms Of The Cogito

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    What’s wrong with the cogito? 1) Is there a questionable hidden premise?  Most criticism is of the cogito in its earlier format: “I think therefore I am”‚ in the Discourse on Method. 1) The hidden premise: (First raised by Lichtenberg) I think Thinking things exist Therefore I am 1 What’s wrong with the cogito? 1) Is there a questionable hidden premise? The hidden premise: I think Thinking things exist Therefore I exist This premise is questionable -Does the existence of thoughts necessarily

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    Jeremy Jeon Mrs. Rowe English 1H 17 August 2013 The literature is a criticism of life. Arnold is correct in says that literature is a criticism of life because personally I think that it is simply a portrayal of life’s situations. Also I think that Literature is often a mirror for what is going on in society and a vehicle to change that which we don’t like. Many books today use their pages to put forth social commentary. They reflect the issues of the time‚ including

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    New criticism essay

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    Grace Lear Ms. Joan Richmond English 2261 17 Feb. 2013 New Criticism: A Focused Summary New criticism is a type of literary theory that focuses on the close reading of literature and how the literature functions as the object it’s meant to be. No external influences are to be taken into consideration‚ strictly the writing itself. This movement emphasizes the text in literature and explains the writers meaning to the reader. The author’s intention‚ excluding historical and cultural context

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    Autobiographical and Personal Criticism Immanuel Kant was one of the first modern-day philosophers who admitted that there is no such thing as an “objective” interpretation‚ and that every interpreter brings a great deal to the text. Up to very recently almost all scholarly writing has been defined by the absence of the “I” or any reference to the personal situation of the writer or to the writing process. This situation has changed drastically with the introduction of autobiographical criticism. Autobiographical

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    Poetry Criticism

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    “As brazen fierce and huge‚ as red and gold and zany yellow.” This suggests that the fire was a multitude of colours- “red‚ gold and zany yellow”. It was also bold‚ savage and extremely big- “Brazen‚ fierce and huge”. The word zany also suggests it being‚ uncontrollable or wild. The poet shows the extent of damage caused by the fire through the quote “spoiled three thousand guineas” worth of crops. The fact that he uses “guineas” could imply that the poem was set some time ago. Scannell portrays

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