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===Mythological Criticism=== | ===Mythological Criticism=== | ||
Mythological criticism is a combination of anthropology, psychology, history, and comparative religion. Introduced by Carl Jung, Mythological criticism explores how the imagination uses myths, symbols to different cultures and epochs. The central concept in mythological criticism is to analyze symbols and characters to find deeper meaning. This type of criticism views literature as a gateway to reveal human desires, fears, and expectations; critics in this field uses the text to interpret how different cultures and humans in general view themselves and their place in the world. <ref> Persad, Krishen [https://prezi.com/di-rhq7ujy8i/mythological-criticism/ Mythological Criticism]Accessed July 8, 2014</ref><br /> | Mythological criticism is a combination of anthropology, psychology, history, and comparative religion. Introduced by Carl Jung, Mythological criticism explores how the imagination uses myths, symbols to different cultures and epochs. The central concept in mythological criticism is to analyze symbols and characters to find deeper meaning. This type of criticism views literature as a gateway to reveal human desires, fears, and expectations; critics in this field uses the text to interpret how different cultures and humans in general view themselves and their place in the world. <ref> Persad, Krishen [https://prezi.com/di-rhq7ujy8i/mythological-criticism/ Mythological Criticism]Accessed July 8, 2014</ref><br /> | ||
There are works available that provide forms of Mythological Criticism, which was introduced by [[C.G. Jung]], that will give the reader a good starting point for understanding this type of literature. | There are works available that provide forms of Mythological Criticism, which was introduced by [[C.G. Jung]], that will give the reader a good starting point for understanding this type of literature. "The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology" by [[Joseph Campbell]] gives the reader a good insight into this area of literary criticism. Mark Schorer, who wrote "William Blake: The Politics of Vision", provides another option for studying Mythological criticism. <ref>Rutgers [http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/c-guerin.html "Mythological and Archetypal Approaches"] Accessed July 10, 2014</ref><br /> | ||
===Formalism, New Criticism, Neo-Aristotelian Criticism=== | ===Formalism, New Criticism, Neo-Aristotelian Criticism=== | ||
Formalism, New Criticism and Neo-Aristotelian Criticism include the concerns of the parts of a text and how each of the parts fit together to make a whole. Formalist criticism excludes any information outside the actual text; biographies, historical or literary allusions, mythological patterns, or psychological traits of characters. Formalist critics examines each part of the text, each chapter, characters, settings, tone, point of views, diction, and the fictional world created in the text; after which the critic analyzes and describes how each part work together to create the story <ref>Smith, Nicole [http://www.articlemyriad.com/overview-formalism-literature-theory/ "An Overview and Extended Definition of Formalism in Literature and Theory"] Accessed July 8, 2014</ref>. <br /> | Formalism, New Criticism and Neo-Aristotelian Criticism include the concerns of the parts of a text and how each of the parts fit together to make a whole. Formalist criticism excludes any information outside the actual text; biographies, historical or literary allusions, mythological patterns, or psychological traits of characters. Formalist critics examines each part of the text, each chapter, characters, settings, tone, point of views, diction, and the fictional world created in the text; after which the critic analyzes and describes how each part work together to create the story <ref>Smith, Nicole [http://www.articlemyriad.com/overview-formalism-literature-theory/ "An Overview and Extended Definition of Formalism in Literature and Theory"] Accessed July 8, 2014</ref>. <br /> | ||
Formalist critics, Roman Jakobson and Viktor Shklovsky are two of the most well-known for this type of criticism. Jakobson’s Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics, and Sholovsky’s Theory of Prose are good examples of this kind of writing. [[Cleanth Brooks]], [[David Daiches]], John Crowe Ransome, and [[T. S. Eliot]] are all authors where examples of New Criticism can be found. Ransome’s book | Formalist critics, Roman Jakobson and Viktor Shklovsky are two of the most well-known for this type of criticism. Jakobson’s Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics, and Sholovsky’s Theory of Prose are good examples of this kind of writing. [[Cleanth Brooks]], [[David Daiches]], John Crowe Ransome, and [[T. S. Eliot]] are all authors where examples of New Criticism can be found. Ransome’s book "The New Criticism", or Eliot’s essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent" provide some of the best examples of New Criticism. R.S. "Crane’s Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern", and Wayne C. Booth’s "The Rhetoric of Fiction" are works that can be read to get a better understanding on the subject of Neo-Aristotelian Criticism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>.<br /> | ||
===Biographical Criticism=== | ===Biographical Criticism=== | ||
Biographical criticism examines the effect and influence of a writer’s life on his work, whether be it intentional or not. Biographical critics consider the author’s life and recognizes literary study as being an art not a science; discovering details about the author’s life and times, providing ways to develop ideas about the story <ref>Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_criticism Biographical criticism] Accessed July 6, 2014</ref><br /> | Biographical criticism examines the effect and influence of a writer’s life on his work, whether be it intentional or not. Biographical critics consider the author’s life and recognizes literary study as being an art not a science; discovering details about the author’s life and times, providing ways to develop ideas about the story <ref>Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_criticism Biographical criticism] Accessed July 6, 2014</ref><br /> | ||
Some of the best examples of biographical criticism can be found in studies of Charles Dickens and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. The authors of this type of criticism attempt to give a better understanding the elements in the work. | Some of the best examples of biographical criticism can be found in studies of Charles Dickens and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. The authors of this type of criticism attempt to give a better understanding the elements in the work. "Charles Dickens: A Critical Introduction" by K. J. Fielding; and "The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald" by Arthur Mizener are titles that provide examples of biographical criticism. <ref>CLA [http://www.cla.purdue.edu/blackmon/engl360k/critical.html "Critical Approcahes to Literature"] Accessed July 10, 2014</ref><br /> | ||
===Psychoanalytic Criticism, Jungian Criticism=== | ===Psychoanalytic Criticism, Jungian Criticism=== | ||