Weekly Outline
Week 1, 1/14 -- Introductions
Week 2, 1/21 -- What is literature? What is identity?
Week 3, 1/28 -- Narration, paper #1 due
Week 4, 2/4 -- Character, Setting, Symbol, Theme
Week 5, 2/11 -- Quiz #1, film
Week 6, 2/18 -- Poetry
Week 7, 2/25 - - Poetry, paper #2 due
Week 8, 3/4 -- Poetry
Week 9, 3/11 -- Poetry, paper #3 due
Week 10, 3/18 -- (out of class work on blog)
Week 11, 3/25 -- SPRING BREAK
Week 12, 4/1 -- Quiz #2 on poetry, Theory
Week 13, 4/8 -- Poetry paper #4 due, Theory, film
Week 14, 4/15 -- Theory
Week 15, 4/22 -- Theory, quiz #3
Week 16, 4/29 -- Paper #5 due
Week 17, 5/6 - Final Exam PARTY
1. The text, the source, and the receiver are essentially the three participants in literary exchange/interaction.
ReplyDelete2. Most modern modes of literary analysis acknowledge the importance of the world around us.
3. Almost all literary analysis notes detail about style and/or structure.
4. During the time of "New Criticism" is when authors began to title their works.
5. During "Biographical Criticism" many females and minorities used pseudonyms to avoid having their work turned down.
6. Symbolism, dreamlike imagery, and emotional logic became popular in literary works during "Psychoanalytical Criticism".
7. Freudian Criticism assumes that all human psyches have similar histories and structures.
8. On the opposite of Freudian Criticism, Jungian Criticism assumes that we all share a universal or collective unconscious.
9. Contemporary feminist criticism emerged from the second wave of feminist activism in the 1960's and 1970's.
1. Computers can't read and interpret literature. I thought this was interesting because of how complex computers are and how much stuff they do for us.
ReplyDelete2. The appreciation and evaluation of great works is minimized by new criticism.
3. Structuralists study the shared systems of meaning that pass from one country to another.
4. Dualisms cannot be separate-but-equal. (i.e. the master is dominated by his need for the slave's obedience. )
5.Knowledge is influenced by the words that are used to express it.
6. Narrative technique has changed in response to marxist and feminist.
7. Women and minorities used pseudonyms to have their work published.
8. Works have not always been given a title.
9. The reader's opinion and their experience while reading has become the focus of literature.
Christopher Bijou
1. New Criticism dominated literary studies from the 1920's to the 1970's
ReplyDelete2. Structuralism and poststructuralism came mainly form French theorist
3.Deconstruction claim that language cannot represent any kind of reality directly
4.For most of the 20th century the main group of psychoanalytic critics were Freudian
5. Reader response critics think of a work not as what is printed, but what is experienced through reading
6.Feminist critics have no founder
7. There are a bunch of different types of critics
8.The text, the source, and the receiver are the three participants in literary exchange/interaction
9. I cannot think of anything else
-Shane Parent`
1. Computers do no have feelings so they cannot interpret literature the way humans do.
ReplyDelete2. There are three essential parts in the literary exchange: the source, the text, and the receiver.
3. Incorporating observations and developed theories helps to recognize which is emphasized, the source or the reciever.
4. To understand questions about the sources the reader must ask when it was written and published.
5. Questions about the receiver will connect with historical and cultural context.
6.Emphasis on the text helps to focus on the work.
7. New Criticism dominated literature from the 1920s to the 1970s.
8. The new critic not only examines the speakers style but also the order of ideas and lines in the poem.
9. Structuralism and post structuralism derive mainly from French theorists.
-Natalie Diciaula
1. Critical theory evolves overtime
Delete2. Biographical criticism was most popular around the 1750s to the 1960s.
3. Psychoanalytic criticism emphasizes the questioning of the ideas within literary work.
4. The school of Freudian was the dominant school of psychoanalytic critics.
5. Literary works are transferred from the source to the text and then to the receiver.
6. New criticism seems to lessen the importance of great works.
7. During the twentieth century the predominate group of psychoanalytic critics were Freudian.
8. Different theories help to identify the importance of the source or the receiver.
9. Structuralism is based from a French theorist while Poststructuralism is based from a German theorist.
JOSEPH B LEDO-MASSEY
The things I learned from the “Critical Theory” readings:
ReplyDelete1 Works were not always given a title, but that is a more modern act created in the time known as “New Criticism.”
2 Many of the feminist criticisms had to be posted anonymously, or that they did not have an author behind them.
3 Modern feminism was created in a different time.
4 Many old literature had more moral values that were picked apart severely.
5 Many old works dealt with aiding (rooting for) the friends, and hoping that the enemies would fail.
6 People really used to take literature to heart, and it ran many people’s moral lives.
7 The exchange is between the receiver, source, and the text.
8 You must incorporate the observations and developed theories in a criticism.
9 Critics must examine the speaker’s style, lines in poem, diction, and order of ideas.
10 The “New Criticism” era was between the 1920s to 1970s.
- Elizabeth Clemmons
1) The literary exchange essentially includes the text, the source, and the receiver.
ReplyDelete2) New criticism emphasizes the intrinsic aspects of a literary work.
3) Structuralism has greatly influenced literary studies.
4) Post structuralism is a term used to designate the philosophical position that attacks the objective.
5) Psychoanalytic critics focus on the response of readers.
6) Freudian criticism relates to the meaning of a literary work existing in the psyche of the author, and not on the surface.
7) Jungians strive to unite ages and peoples of the world to reveal fundamental truth.
8) Literary texts often leave gaps that experienced readers fill according to expectations or conventions.
9) New criticism examines speakers’ style, order of ideas, and lines in a poem.
1. Computers have zero feeling and cannot interpret literature.
ReplyDelete2. Few human abilities are more remarkable than the ability to read and interpret literature.
3. The text, the source, and the receiver are the three essential participants in what we call the literary exchange.
4. Almost all literary analysis notes detail about style or structure.
5. Narrative technique has changed in response to Marxist and feminist.
6. There are many types of critics.
7. The new critic not only examines the speaker’s style but also the order of ideas and lines in the poem.
8. For most of the 20th century the main group of psychoanalytic critics were Freudian.
9. During the time of "New Criticism" is when authors began to title their works.
-Stephen Stroop
1.) authors began to title their works during the New Criticism.
ReplyDelete2.) some works were never titled
3.) there is no founder of feminism
4.) new criticism was popular in literature from the 1920s to the 1970s
5.) literary analysis mostly notes detail about style or structure
6.) minorities and women used pseudonyms
7.) critics are abundant
8.) you should think of when it was written and where it was published
9.) not all poems rhyme
-Zach harder
1. Most of the modern feminism we see today was created in another time.
ReplyDelete2. Many of the works were not always given a title.
3. Older literature had many different values that were picked apart a great deal by critics.
4. The critical theory has evolved greatly over time, turning the focus to new aspects.
5. There are several different types of critics.
6. Most critics note in great detail the style and structure of what they are reading.
7. The newer from of critiquing now examines the style of the speaker and the order in which the poem goes.
8. Many people took a lot of literature completely serious, and allowed it to aid them in everyday life.
9. Literature also had a very big impact in the moral aspects of peoples lives
•There are essentially 3 participants in what could be called the literary exchange or interaction: the text, the source, and the receiver.
ReplyDelete•All the varieties of literary analysis concern themselves with these aspects of the literary exchange in varying degrees and with varying emphases.
•Intrinsic Features: Relation between dialogue or narration, or the pattern of rhyme and meter.
•Formalist: In comparison to intrinsic, goes much further by foregrounding the design of the text itself above all or most other considerations.
•New Criticism dominated literary studies from approximately the 1920’s to the 1970’s. New critics rejected both of the approaches that prevailed then in the relatively new field of English studies: The dry analysis of the development of the English language, and the misty-eyed appreciation and evaluation of “Great Works.”
•A New Critic might, for example, publish an article titled “A Reading of ‘First Fight. Then Fiddle.’”
•The New Critic examines not only the speaker’s style and words but also the order of ideas and lines in the poem.
•Poststructuralism is the broad term used to designate the philosophical position that attacks the objective, universalizing claims of most fields of knowledge since the eighteenth century.
•Deconstruction insists on the logical impossibility of knowledge that is not influenced or biased by the words used to express it.
Sidney Freeman
1. Structuralism derived from French theorists, unlike new criticism
ReplyDelete2. Structuralists seek to objectively study principles of language.
3. Post structuralists doubt certainties in language.
4. Deconstructionists claims language cannot represent reality directly.
5. Psychoanalytical criticism involves applying psychological theories when analyzing literary works.
6. Jungian criticisms states that all humanity shares a collective unconscious.
7. Feminist criticism has no single founder, and comes from historical oppression.
8. New historicism has less political commitments than other forms of critique.
9. Cultural studies emphasizes the possibility of ordinary people resisting dominant ideology.
Allison McDowell
1. The titles of the poems often relate to the message or way of conveying the message.
ReplyDelete2. The majority of the literary works are non-fiction.
3. New Criticism helped writers to better organize their works.
4. There are numerous different types of critics.
5. Structuralism was instituted with the development of New Criticism.
6. Critics enticed writers to better structure their works and a new and improved way of writing emerged.
7. A large portion of the works are strongly associated with events occurring at or around the same time they were written.
8. Many different styles, tones, and structures made it difficult for critics because of the inevitable favoritism of the critics.
9. Many of the styles and topics that were common from 1500-1950 A.D. are gradually being ousted by the new age.
Daniel Dearing
1. New Criticism dominated literature from the 1920's to 1970's.
ReplyDelete2. The essential three participants in the literary exchange is the text, the source, and the receiver.
3. The New Critic examines the orders of ideas and lines in the poem, and not only the speaker's style and words.
4. New Critics was a British and American phenomenon derived from French Theorists.
5. A structuralist principle that came from Saussure was the emphasis on arbitrary association between a word and what it is said to signify.
6. Poststructuralism is the broad term used to designate the philosophical position that attacks the objective universalizing claims of most fields of knowledge since the eighteenth century.
7. Deconstructionism also claims that language is incapable of representing any sort of reality directly.
8. Feminists critics have no founder, because they were always practiced by many.
9. Gender studies examine not only the roles of women, but the unfair treatment of gays and lesbians.
Madison
How literature is analyzed using detailed descriptive notes.
ReplyDeleteAuthors did not title their works until the criticism era.
Structuralist analyze what style the poem was written in.
New criticism tends to lower the importance of newer works.
Theories about the writing help relate more from the source.
Minorities and woman writers were to advised to title there work very discreetly.
Older writings tended to have moral of a moral lesson rather than fictional works.
All writing was taken very seriously and usually held a great moral fundamental for the reader.
Critics have to analyze the style meter and tone.
1. Deconstruction claims that language is incapable of representing any sort of reality directly.
ReplyDelete2. New Criticism was largely a British and American phenomenon.
3. Structuralism derives mainly form France.
4. Poetry is more in depth and historical than I thought.
5. There are multiple types of critics.
6. Biographical criticism was popular when humanism prevailed in literary studies.
7. Many critics tried to apply psychological theories to literary analysis.
8. I can see where critics would want to compare and look at the psychological effects on poets and where they put that into their poems.
9. Marxist criticism took the historical approach that was based on the work of Karl Marx.
1- critics are random
ReplyDelete2- critics are plentiful
3- feminist critics have no founder
4- some works are never cited
5- theory evolves over time
6- not all poetry is the same in structure
7- some works were never titled
8-poetry used to control morality
9-today is april fools day
1. Computers cannot interpret literature because they do not have feelings or emotion.
ReplyDelete2. New criticism was in the 1920's to the 1970's.
3. People took literature very personally in the past.
4. There are many different types of critics.
5. Not all poems rhyme.
6. The text the source and the receiver are the three participants in what we call the literary exchange.
7. Many people let literature influence them in every day life.
8. There is not a founder of feminism
9. Some works are not titled.
10. Freudian criticism is the meaning of a literary work existing in the psyche of the author but not on the surface
Angela Beabout
1. Jungian an myth criticism, this theory of criticism states that we all share a universal or collective unconscious, I agree with this because we all have our own interpretations.
ReplyDelete2. Emphasis on the receiver states that we place a high value on individual expressions.
3. Marxist criticism is a very historical approach this falls under the roots of economics.
4. Gender and queer theory is more of a femi9nist recognition for lesbian writers and there culture.
5. African American and ethnic literary studies describe through the Harlem renaissance. It’s the criticism and histories of African Americans.
6. Cultural studies describes popular culture in new historicists.
7. Post-colonial criticism and studies of world lit. is the compelling voices for the point of view of the old colonized countries.
8. All of these titles are dated way back and have history.
9. Reader response criticism the reader effectively performs the text into existence.
-Hampton schaffer
1. Critical theory evolves overtime
ReplyDelete2. Biographical criticism was most popular around the 1750s to the 1960s.
3. Psychoanalytic criticism emphasizes the questioning of the ideas within literary work.
4. The school of Freudian was the dominant school of psychoanalytic critics.
5. Literary works are transferred from the source to the text and then to the receiver.
6. New criticism seems to lessen the importance of great works.
7. During the twentieth century the predominate group of psychoanalytic critics were Freudian.
8. Different theories help to identify the importance of the source or the receiver.
9. Structuralism is based from a French theorist while Poststructuralism is based from a German theorist.
JOSEPH B LEDO-MASSEY