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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 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
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 reviewedKeyser, Samuel Jay – College English, 1976
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Ducharme, Edward R.; And Others – English Record, 1970
Three writers debate whether English teachers should depend on external or internal criteria when analyzing and teaching literature. Each writer discusses the meaning of Elinor Wylie's poem, "The Eagle and the Mole," according to his particular view of literary analysis. Edward Ducharme, in "The Evasion of the Text," submits…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Context Clues, Critical Reading, Formal Criticism
Peer reviewedArmistead, S. G. – Hispanic Review, 1973
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Literature Reviews, Medieval Literature, Poetry
Hyman, Lawrence W. – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Moral Criticism, Moral Values, Poetry
Peer reviewedSammons, Jeffrey L. – German Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Formal Criticism, German Literature, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedLaurence, Kemlin M. – Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Death, Formal Criticism, Medieval Literature, Moral Criticism
Russell, William M. – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: English, Formal Criticism, Grammar, Language
Peer reviewedTrovato, Mario – Italica, 1971
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Italian Literature, Motifs, Mythic Criticism
Peer reviewedAvni, Abraham – French Review, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Formal Criticism, French Literature, Imagery
Peer reviewedPace, Antonio – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism, Italian Literature, Letters (Correspondence)
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 reviewedRebay, Luciano – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Italian Literature, Letters (Correspondence), Poetry
