English 441 New Criticism Explained Beginning in the 1920’s and coalescing in the 1940’s‚ an interpretative approach emerged that did not define literature as essentially the self-expressive product of the artist nor as an evaluative reflection or illumination of cultural history. These "New Critics" opposed the traditional critical practice of using historical or biographical data to interpret literature. Rather‚ they focused on the literary work as an autotelic (self-contained) object. The New
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Brandy McGhee Reflection Journal #1 (Chapters 1 & 3) Psychology 2302 – Hybrid September 11‚ 2013 Last year around this time‚ my husband‚ son & I were asked to be a part of a destination wedding. My cousin Domonique sent us a beautiful note in the mail‚ and expressed how her day couldn’t be complete without us in their special day. We attended the engagement party and paid for our passport and tickets for the cruise due to depart in this September and were excited to go. Mid-August I receive a
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The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish
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A Sound of Thunder- Ray Bradbury If you were given the opportunity to travel back in time would you? Does a small change in the past have a significant effect in the future? People often say to be mindful of your actions as there are always consequences that follow. Bradbury uses his short story “A Sound of Thunder”‚ to convey a theme that a minuscule disruption of one element could be catastrophic. To enhance this theme the author uses allusions‚ juxtaposition and symbolism. Allusion is a literary
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Fate And Feminism In both Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan‚ the reader is pushed to understand the nature of feminists in a new way. This purpose is carried out with the use of multiple feminist characters‚ a drastic change in a characters outlook on their situation‚ and the concept of making your own destiny. The protagonists in both of these literary works is female‚ and they are amazingly similar considering Shaw wrote Pygmalion eighty seven years
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Brian Fang Hansen Period 5 9 February 2014 The Evolving Face of Feminism: Shakespeare’s Attitude Regarding Women For eons‚ females have been subjugated under the vice-like grip of men. Sexism has become ubiquitous and rampant in modern society‚ especially appearing in the form of crude humor‚ abuse‚ and sexual objectification in media. Rarely can a woman advocate for her rights without being callously saddled with titles such as “militant feminist” or “slut.” However‚ modern humans
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A Sound of Thunder is a short story written by Ray Bradbury which belongs to the genre of science fiction. Set in a near future where time travel is possible‚ this is the story of a travel agency‚ Time Safari Inc.‚ that arranges hunting trips back in time to hunt dinosaurs. In this case‚ a nervous hunter‚ Eckels‚ steps off the trail‚ and steps on a butterfly. The historical repercussions of the death of a single butterfly‚ compounded by millions of years of effects‚ leaves the hunters to return to
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Feminism criticism is how women are portrayed through literature. When viewed in The Crucible several women played out a major role on whether they are a good or bad role model. Through the lens of feminism Abigail Williams is seen as a negative female character‚ Elizabeth Proctor portrayed a positive female character‚ and Mary Warren actions demonstrate she is not good or bad but a neutral character. Abigail Williams could be considered as a bad role model for sleeping with a married man‚ but in
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Feminism in poetry All women have a place. That is barefoot‚ pregnant‚ and chained to the stove. Ideas like this are what started the feminist movement. Women desired to be judged by their worth as a person rather than their physical appearance or biological factors. Women sought out social‚ economic‚ and political equality. Many women wanted to do their part to support the cause. Some of the most notable influences of the feminist movement were poets such as Sylvia Plath‚ Lucille Clifton and Anne
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A Sound of Thunder is a great story written by Ray Bradbury‚ however‚ Nethergrave is an even better story written by Gloria Skurzynski. Though both of these stories are science fiction‚ I enjoyed reading Nethergrave more than Sound of Thunder‚ the story has more of a unique feature to it‚ seeing as it is not set in the future and most science fiction stories are set in the future like A Sound of Thunder. Also the imagery in Gloria’s story grabs my attention unlike in Sound of Thunder. Both of these
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