Critical Perspective Seminar Project I reviewed a collection of literary criticism on Carver’s Cathedral‚ a collection of short stories written by Carver which was published in 1983. One that stood out to be in particular was James W. Grinnell’s criticism on Carver’s Cathedral works. Grinnell wrote his review in the winter of 1984‚ and went on to say many things about Carver’s work. Grinnell mostly praises Carver’s work and his addition of newer and more creative ideas in his latest work. Grinnell
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Book Review Flauberts Parrot by Julian Barnes By: Maureen Cutajar Published: December 18‚ 2009 Literary analysis: Flaubert’s Parrot‚ by Julian Barnes Julian Barnes’s ‘Flaubert’s Parrot’ thematises the difficulties of interpreting the past and the elusiveness of history. Geoffrey Braithwaite‚ the narrator‚ in his relentless pursuit of the relics and mementos of the nineteenth-century writer Gustave Flaubert poses the question: ‘How do we seize the past? Can we ever do so? When I was a medical
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the standards that guide "canon formation"--the aesthetic judgments deem some works excellent‚ and others minor or altogether unworthy of notice. In her 1928 A Room of One’s Own‚ Virginia Woolf explored the social constraints that limited women’s literary and artistic production. Talent‚ even genius‚ counted for little‚ Woolf mused‚ without financial resources and privacy to nurture it. The houses of writers and artists in this tour eloquently demonstrate Woolf’s classic thesis. The space‚ comfort
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More or less‚ reader-response criticism considers the readers’ reactions to literature as vital to understanding the message of the text. However‚ reader response criticism can lean toward an infinite number of different directions. A critic employing reader response theory is not singularly constrained to one viewpoint; therefore‚ they can read and interpret the literature based simply on their own thoughts and ideas. The Road‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ is a book about a father and son‚ set in a post-apocalyptic
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intention. Wimsatt claims that the author’s intended meaning is irrelevant to the literary critic. The meaning‚ structure and value of a text are inherent within the work of art itself; because it is an object with certain autonomy. At this point‚ Wimsatt establishes three types of evidences that can be used in assessing a piece of literature but these ’evidences’ are not valid nor valuable for literary criticism. The first one‚ the ’internal evidence’‚ is that which can be taken from the poem in
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Literary Ecocriticism is concerned with the relationship between humans and nature as manifested in literary works. When it is perceived as a holistic approach‚ Ecocriticism examines the relationship between man and nature as well as the role that nature and the environment play in the humanities in general
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deteriorates until the end of the story when she goes completely insane. In order to better understand this story it is helpful to analyze it through the lenses of the seven schools of literary criticism which include‚ formalist‚ biographical‚ historical‚ reader-response‚ deconstructionist‚ psychological‚ and gender criticisms. From a formalist perspective‚ one of the most important things to note about this short story is how it is composed from the entries in the narrator’s secret journal‚ which she
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Essay #3: Writing Strategy Prompts Evaluation Using the techniques of social satire modeled in “A Word from My Anti-Phone Soapbox” (pg. 131)‚ assess a public policy‚ social movement‚ or cultural trend you believe deserves serious and detailed criticism. But don’t write a paper simply describing your target as dangerous‚ pathetic‚ or unsuccessful. Instead‚ make people laugh at your target while also offering a plausible alternative. Causal Analysis After examining the way Charles Paul Freund
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mimetic theory has dwelt on the significances of Greek literary and religious traditions‚ the culture’s sophistication--especially in matters critical and philosophical-- have received relatively scant notice. In light of the historical priority of the aesthetic over the theoretical‚ such inattention is understandable. This essay‚ however‚ will demonstrate how the writings of three of the classical age’s most influential commentators on literary theory--Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus--manifest a debate
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Psychoanalytic Criticism Classical Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Theory of the Psyche Humans are motivated‚ even driven‚ by desires‚ fears‚ needs‚ and conflicts of which they are unaware‚ that is unconscious The world through psychoanalytic lens Individual human beings Psychological history Childhood -> adolescent -> adult behavior Goal: help us resolve problems Disorders Dysfunctions Patterns of behavior – destructive (in some way) The Unconscious The storehouse of those painful experiences
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