Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and PracticePrentice Hall, 1999 - 308 pagina's The second edition of Literary Criticism by Charles E. Bressler is designed to help readers make conscious, informed, and intelligent choices concerning literary interpretation. By explaining the historical development and theoretical positions of eleven schools of criticism, author Charles Bressler reveals the richness of literary texts along with the various interpretative approaches that will lead to a fuller appreciation and understanding of such texts. |
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... character , and modified by the total context of the poem . If we could demonstrate that the speech was " in character , " was dramatically appropriate , was properly prepared for - then would not the lines have all the justification of ...
... character , and modified by the total context of the poem . If we could demonstrate that the speech was " in character , " was dramatically appropriate , was properly prepared for - then would not the lines have all the justification of ...
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... character . Brown's own inter- pretation of this character seems to support this view . According to decon- structionist ideas , at least two binary operations are at work here : good / evil and God / Satan . But what if we reverse ...
... character . Brown's own inter- pretation of this character seems to support this view . According to decon- structionist ideas , at least two binary operations are at work here : good / evil and God / Satan . But what if we reverse ...
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... characters , critics also noted that readers devel- op their own conceptions of each character's personality . A character's motivations and actions , then , became more complex than simply the author's ideas . How the readers ...
... characters , critics also noted that readers devel- op their own conceptions of each character's personality . A character's motivations and actions , then , became more complex than simply the author's ideas . How the readers ...
Inhoudsopgave
Defining Criticism Theory and Literature | 1 |
A Historical Survey of Literary Criticism | 16 |
New Criticism | 36 |
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