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'''Biographical Criticism'''<br /> | '''Biographical Criticism'''<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 /> | 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. ''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''' <br /> | '''Psychoanalytic Criticism, Jungian Criticism''' <br /> | ||