English Notes Latest Questions

In:
  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Structuralism is a school of literary criticism that holds that different literary works have underlying structures that are similar, and that these structures can be identified and analyzed as if they were (parts of) machines. Read a detailed article on Structuralism

    Structuralism is a school of literary criticism that holds that different literary works have underlying structures that are similar, and that these structures can be identified and analyzed as if they were (parts of) machines.

    Read a detailed article on Structuralism

    See less
    • 0
In:
  1. Athar
    Athar

    John Crowe Ransom is known as the father of New Criticism. He coined this term in 1941. This approach to literature is based on the principle of 'Art for Art's Sake." It focuses on the text (Formalist), known as "close reading" (particularly) and ignores other parameters like social context, readerRead more

    John Crowe Ransom is known as the father of New Criticism. He coined this term in 1941. This approach to literature is based on the principle of ‘Art for Art’s Sake.”

    It focuses on the text (Formalist), known as “close reading” (particularly) and ignores other parameters like social context, reader and author in order to find how a work of literature functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.

    See less
    • 3
In:
  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Poet John Wain is an example of how Postmodern characteristics can be applied to modern day poetry. The characteristics of Postmodernism can be applied to the way poetry is created and used. Poetry is a form of literature where words are used to create a particular effect on the reader. When modernRead more

    Poet John Wain is an example of how Postmodern characteristics can be applied to modern day poetry.

    The characteristics of Postmodernism can be applied to the way poetry is created and used. Poetry is a form of literature where words are used to create a particular effect on the reader. When modern poetry came into its own in the 1960s, it sought to break down the barriers between poetry and other forms of writing. This was an extension of the Modernist movement, but with another set of ideas.

    Modernism had declared that the old rules and ways of creating art were dead, and that new ones had to be found. The implication was that art could be created in any style that was suitable to the task. This was

    See less
    • 0