ENGL 2005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: New Criticism, Close Reading

• School: Carleton University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 2005
• Professor: Jody Mason

Document Summary

Basic similarity- distinguishes liberal humanism/practical new criticism from contemporary theory. Liberal humanism and practical new criticism: the belief in the isolation of the literary text form the social world. Arnold: to see the object in itself as it is (objective method detached from the social world: practical new criticism (u. s. ) // practical criticism (u. k. ) Method: (cid:858)close (cid:396)eadi(cid:374)g(cid:859) of texts (isolated from the world) In the u. s. located in the southern states. Believed that literature established the (cid:858)o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)i(cid:272) u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:859) (structure + meaning of text) as a defence to the urbanizing north (cid:858)so(cid:272)iall(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:396)(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e(cid:859) P(cid:396)i(cid:448)ilege a(cid:374)d (cid:448)alue (cid:858)u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)ha(cid:396)(cid:373)o(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:859) i(cid:374) a te(cid:454)t. Lo(cid:272)ate issues i(cid:374) lite(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:455) te(cid:454)t: pa(cid:396)ado(cid:454), a(cid:373)(cid:271)iguit(cid:455), i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:455), patte(cid:396)(cid:374), s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ol (cid:894)la(cid:272)ks (cid:858)u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:895) If a te(cid:454)t is good, these a(cid:396)e (cid:858)(cid:396)esol(cid:448)ed(cid:859: close reading method. Examine text to see the object in itself as it (really) is, objective method. To determine distinctive form of text, viewed as carefully constructed orderly object containing observable formal patterns.