REFERENCE American Heritage Dictionary of English Language Fourth Edition. New York Houghton 2009. American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Third edition New York Houghton Mifflin Co. 2006 Glencoe Literature; The Readers Choice Columbus Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 2003 Hudson‚W.H An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Harrap 1963 Ousby‚ I. Cambridge Guide to Literature in English Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996. Hornsby‚ A.S. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
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Why Do We Read Literature? First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with
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Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics‚ but has no autonomous domain of its own.[1][2] The preferred object of stylistic studies is literature‚ but not exclusively "high literature" but also other forms of written texts such as text from the domains of advertising‚ pop culture‚ politics or religion.[3] Stylistics also attempts to establish principles capable of explaining the particular choices
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exaggeration and ridiculous antics. I am going to use the Formalist Approach of literary criticism to explain why the humor‚ well developed image and tone of the farce I’m Going‚ A Comedy of One Act spoke to me more than any of the other readings available during week one. The Formalist Approach is the most widely and commonly used methods of literary criticism. The formalist approach takes into account the literary tools that were used to create a story and in what manner that they were used to
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perceiver as a maker of reality) - reader criticism became recognized as a distinct critical movement only in the 1970s - less a unified critical school than a vague collection of disparate critics with a common point of departure - “Reader Theory” “audience theory” neutral terms - reader-critics take the existence of the reader as a decisive component of any meaningful literary analysis – as Michael Riffaterre puts it‚ “readers make the literary event” - “narratee” = the person to
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Aysun BARUT 31.10.11 2008210003 TKL301/ TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ARISTOTLE’S DEFENSE OF POETRY AGAINST PLATO IN THE LIGHT OF LITERARY CRITICISM As literary critics‚ Plato and Aristotle have different opinions on poetry and also it’s social effects. Plato’s Republic is a work which is not directly about literature; but his comments on poetry determine his position to it. He presents us a view of literature in a mainly negative way. Unlike Plato‚ Aristotle regards
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The 19th century in Western literature is one of the most significant and interesting periods of all. Many of the modern literary tendencies have derived from this formative era.Nineteenth-century literature is characterized by the Romantic movement and by the strong nationalism which was formed by French Revolution and American revolution in 18th century.Romantic movement developed as a rection to scientific and rational attitude of 18C..It was a shift from age of decorum‚reason and order to Romantic
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characteristic for a scientific paper‚ but the author seems to have his own professional approach to the problem. He combines techniques of persuasion together with logical presentation of his hypothesis. Thus‚ starting to analyze other steps of gaining “a literary level of a work of literature” with another question to the
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References: Devy‚ G. N. After Amnesia- Tradition and Change in Indian Literary Criticism. Hyderabad: Orient Longman‚ 1992. Karnad‚ Girish. Three Plays: Naga-Mandala‚ Hayavadana‚ Tughlaq. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1999. Nemade‚ Bhalchandra. Teekaswayamvara. Aurangabad: Saket Prakashan‚ 1990. Paranjape‚ Makarand. Nativism: Essays in Criticism. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi‚ 1997. Pery‚ John Oliver. "Book Review Nativism: Essays in Criticism." World Literature Today 3.Summer (1998). Santosh Koti Walchand
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Position Paper: Reader-response I read a book the other day. It was a wonderful book called The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. I really enjoyed it; it gives the background information on the creation of Middle Earth. In it‚ Tolkien tells us of Illúvatar‚ Eä‚ the Valar and the birth of Elves‚ Dwarves and Men. But‚ you know‚ I don’t think it has anything at all to do with Elves‚ Dwarves‚ Men and some god named Illúvatar. I think Tolkien really wanted to write a Biblical allegory and a critique
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