Unit+2+Literary+Theory+and+Criticism.doc,Unit 2 Literary Theory and Criticism The practice of literary theory has historical roots that run as far back as ancient Greece and it became a profession in the 20th century. This unit will give you a brief intr
Notes 1.This text istaken fromLiterary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice(2003),by Charles E. Bressler, a professorof English atHoughtonCollege. 2. LouiseM. Rosenblatt(1904-2005):an influential scholar of reading and the teaching of literature.She wasan emeritus professor of Engli...
Literary criticism and literary theory are closely related fields, but they deal with literature on different scales. While literary criticism seeks to analyze specific works of literature, literary theory is concerned with literature on a philosophical level. Criticism asks questions like “What did th...
There are three main areas of study: literary theory, the history of literature, and literary criticism in the strict sense (literaturnaia kritika). The theory of literature investigates the general laws of the structure and development of literature. The history of literature studies the literary ...
Literary criticism, the reasoned consideration of literary works and issues. It applies, as a term, to any argumentation about literature, whether or not specific works are analyzed. Plato’s cautions against the risky consequences of poetic inspiration
Literary criticism for students : selected from English essays and edited with an introduction and notes This book published in October 2005 is a revised version of O Donaill's doctoral thesis, which was completed in July 2004. It was published as number IV in the Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts...
Reading Notes Reading Notes 一、 1. Literary criticism is not a discipline in and of itself; it must be related to a work of art. 2. Literary theory is a mind-set or framework that accommodates our expectations when reading literature. Literary theory is based on... (展开) 10 2回应...
现代西方文学理论与批评(Modern Western Literary Theory and Criticism).ppt,现代西方文学理论与批评 Modern Western Literary Theory and Criticism Part 1 Part 1 Introduction Concepts: Criticism: The reasoned discussion of literary works,an activity which may i
Criticism in this narrow sense can be distinguished not only from aesthetics (the philosophy of artistic value) but also from other matters that may concern the student of literature: biographical questions, bibliography, historical knowledge, sources and influences, and problems of method. Thus, ...
48、But narratives also provide a mode of social criticism. 49、Finally, the basic question for theory in the domain of narrative is this: is narrative a fundamental form of knowledge (giving knowledge of the world through its sense-making) or is it a rhetorical structure that distorts as ...