Research about The Traditional and The New Criticism What is Literary Criticism? Literary criticism or literary analysis can be defined as‚ “An informed analysis and evaluation of a piece of literature”. Or A written study‚ evaluation and interpretation of a work of literature”. * The study‚ evaluation‚ and interpretation of literature * A theory founded upon the term “critique” (an analysis of written or oral discourse) * Literary Criticism is usually in the form of a critical essay
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New Criticism [pic]New Criticism is a name applied to a varied and extremely energetic effort among Anglo-American writers to focus critical attention on literature itself. Like Russian Formalism‚ following Boris Eikhenbaum and Victor Shklovskii‚ the New Critics developed speculative positions and techniques of reading that provide a vital complement to the literary and artistic emergence of modernism. Like many other movements in modern criticism‚ New Criticism was in part a reaction against the
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------------------------------------------------- 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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Sociological criticism examines literature in the political‚ economic and cultural context in which it can be either written or received. It looks at the sociological status of the author to evaluate how the profession of the writer in a milieu affected what was written. It analyzes the social content of literary works culturally‚ economically and politically. Sociological criticism also examines the role the audience has in shaping literature. A view of Shakespeare might look at the economic position
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Biographical Criticism The novel Invisible man can be interpreted through many other literary criticisms but in order to achieve a more concrete interpretation of the novel‚ biographical criticism should be used. Biographical Criticism is the best choice for this novel because Ellisons experiences of his life‚ beliefs‚ and the time period in which he was raised‚ have direct influence on his writing of Invisible man. After reading Invisible Man and doing research on Ralph Ellison’s life
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Reedie Garrett Professor Andrade English 1302 WS6 14 February 2015 The Little Things Feminist criticism is the way that literature portrays the oppression of women. Therefore‚ many women rose to fight patriarchy society‚ which gave roles to each of its members. Women were only briefly part of the social role and were mainly given the reproductive role that confined them to raising children and taking care of their households and husbands. Susan Glaspell‚ a writer in the early twentieth century‚
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Bentley wrote in “Ibsen‚ Pro and Con” that Krogstad was "a mere pawn of the plot." adding that "When convenient to Ibsen‚ he is a blackmailer. When inconvenient‚ he is converted‚" I believe he had entirely missed the point of his character in A Doll House. Krogstad’s characterization is a flagship example of the way Henrik Ibsen wrote all the characters in the play: representations of man’s true multifaceted nature. On the surface the reader makes quick judgement about the content of the roles’ characters;
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Oedipus accepts the fate‚ as well‚ and gouges his eyes out‚ exiling himself from Thebes. Although generally accepted as a play of fate‚ many people have made criticisms against this claim. One critic in particular‚ Kurt Fasso‚ in his criticism “Oedipus Crux‚” believes this fate was not truly Oedipus’ – he just accepts it as his own. His criticism is valid‚ for it touches on points that do in fact prove his theory‚ in a single persuading and convincing piece‚ particularly concerning the discrepancies
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Psychoanalytic Criticism This type of criticism analyses the personalities of various characters in the story. It follows many of the ideas first developed by psychologist Sigmund Freud in the nineteenth century. Psychoanalytic criticism interprets the text in terms of the characters’ thoughts and interpretations on various issues in the novel. When a reader utilizes this type of criticism‚ they seek to go past the literal events in the story and analyse why certain incidents occurred throughout
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Essay on form criticism Form criticism is a method of biblical criticism that classifies units of scripture by literary pattern. It is used in order to discover the origin and history of a text or its creators. The stories about Jesus and the events of his life were not written down straight away‚ in fact the accounts that we have for the gospels are considered by most scholars to have been written some decades after the events‚ although they may well have been based on earlier writings going
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