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Peer reviewedHirsch, E. D., Jr. – College English, 1974
Because "literature" is a heterogeneous body of texts with no essence, no sort of critical question is more intrinsic than any other. (JH)
Descriptors: Aristotelian Criticism, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literature
Peer reviewedMaier, Rosemarie – College English, 1970
Considers W. K. Wimsatt's and M. C. Beardsley's denial that an author's intention has direct relevance to the criticism of his literary work. (SW)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Formal Criticism, Historical Criticism, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedShoeter, James – College English, 1972
The author analizes and evaluates Frye's concept of myth. (MF)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Authors, English, Formal Criticism
Peer reviewedMcConnell, Frank D. – College English, 1974
A syntax of fiction would be concerned with the semantics, stylistics, and syntactics of extended fictive utterances. (JH)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Discourse Analysis, Fiction, Formal Criticism
Peer reviewedKraft, Quentin G. – College English, 1975
Structuralist literary criticism, in its methods and claims to being scientific, strongly resembles the "New Criticism."
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literature
Peer reviewedBleich, David – College English, 1975
The study of literary art and the study of ourselves are ultimately the same thing. (JH)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Formal Criticism, Impressionistic Criticism, Individual Psychology
Peer reviewedCanary, Robert H. – College English, 1975
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literature, Publications
Download full textFriedman, Norman – College English, 1965
Extremists, whether formalists of the New Criticism or of the humanist-moralist tradition, are taken to task in this attempt to combine elements of both in a more pluralistic approach to literary criticism. An analysis of a Frost poem, "Stopping by Woods", is attempted as an illustration of a kind of criticism that seeks to clarify the parts of…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, English Instruction
Peer reviewedMiller, James E., Jr., Ed. – College English, 1965
Articles contained in this publication are (1) "Criticism in Teaching Literature" by Wayne Booth; (2) "Criticism and Literature: A Reply" (to Booth's article) by Frederick J. Hoffman; (3) "Criticism in Context" by Helen C. White; (4) "Formalist Criticism and Shakespeare" by Kester Svendsen; (5) "Grammar, History, and Criticism" by Kenneth S.…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, College Instruction, Content Analysis, English Instruction
Peer reviewedKeyser, Samuel Jay – College English, 1976
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedFort, Keith – College English, 1971
Evaluates the control that form exerts over freedom" in an essay devoted to literary criticism. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Essays, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism
Smith, Paul; Foulke, Robert D. – College English, 1964
A revised English curriculum, based upon different kinds of literary criticism, is counseled in this two-part paper. Part 1 identifies four kinds of criticism--formalist, synoptic, extrinsic, and stylistic. A conventional English Curriculum is briefly outlined. Curricular theories are discussed and positive and negative attempts to define…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedRanta, Jerrald – College English, 1974
The palindromic pattern--in which formal features in the first half of a work are repeated in reverse order in the second--is frequently used by modern poets for a variety of effects. (JH)
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Ideography, Language Patterns, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedWasson, Richard – College English, 1972
Outlines some general principles of the Marxist Theory of Literary Criticism for scholars and teachers. (RB)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary History
Peer reviewedBellis, George – College English, 1975
A recounting of how the author's graduate training failed with everything he considered important. (JH)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Formal Criticism, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
