Criticism

on Jonathan Swift and his works, including Dennis Todd and William Makepeace Thackeray. It is easy for one to see that Swift was not very critical of any specific type of humans, but of humanity as a whole. One can especially take note of Swift’s criticism because his own main character, Lemuel Gulliver, is disgusted by humanity by the time he gets back to his own land. While Gulliver was Swift’s creation, Swift did not share the same beliefs about humans that Gulliver has. While Gulliver is a…

Lottery” the satire is obvious. By using literary criticisms readers can evaluate more in depth what the story is actually trying convey. Two major literary criticisms that will discussed in detail are Psychological Theory and Historical Criticism and New Historicism. Psychological Theory basically deals with the psychological aspect or the mindset of a person. The second criticism is Historical Criticism and New Historicism, Historical Criticism deals with the time period, place, technology,…

From the centre of modernity, dismayed by the world wars, with a sense of dislocation, and in a search for tradition, T.S Elliot, has remained a crucial figure in Literature and criticism. This essay aims to explore Elliot’s pursuit for tradition and order in response to the chaos of his society. The critical essay ‘tradition and the individual talent’ will be focalised on, to analyse Elliot’s scrutiny of tradition, and critics will be engaged to receive distinctive facets of the argument.…

Brandon Fassinger Mohammed Bashir Salau His 385 September 29, 2016 A feminist’s criticism of polygamy and misogyny in Islamic society Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter gives a rare glimpse into the life of a Muslim woman in modern day Africa. After the death of her husband Ramatoulaye accounts the process of her mourning and celebrating the life of her late husband. First Ramatoulaye describes the lavish celebrations of her husband’s life, customary to Muslim tradition. Tradition dictates that many…

This essay looks to discuss my assumption that the best interpretation of a work of literature is the author’s intention for the work, as it is the basis for the work. This paper criticises this assumption as it does not allow for a sufficient understanding of literature and since there is no way to prove that there is a best interpretation. The paper offers a new assumption to alleviate these problems which states that a set of interpretations which have sufficient textual evidence are the…

signing up for classes I had to take. I didn’t have a choice in most of them, so I didn’t do much research into what each lesson plan held. However, during our first day, I was pleasantly surprised by the goal of the class – learning about literary criticism and, more importantly, the theories that went along with it. I felt confident because I already had experience in these fields, and this class would just throw me into the deep end of a pool I had already waded into. The class essentially…

It has been said that literary criticism started before Plato, but he is known the bedrock or the womb that birth other literary criticism. It is the foundation of the building called literary theory or criticism. He prescribes what a good literature or poetry should be. Plato’s philosophy of idealism – the existence of two worlds; the ideal world which is perfect and the visible world which is an imitation of the ideal. This idea criticizes art as an imitation of an imitation. And as a result,…

How do I Love to Stop All the Clocks “Stop all the Clocks, Cut off the Telephone” by W.H. Auden and “How do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are both poems that are expressing the author’s love for someone. However, with the aforementioned poems, the poets are in a different point in their experience of love. While Browning is writing for someone in that moment, Auden is writing in mourning for someone. Together, these poems show the power of love through life and after death. In…

(1. 2. 297-299) During this scene Ariel brings up the subject of his freedom and receives a negative reaction from Prospero who believes that Ariel was not being appreciative of Prospero’s doings. By using literary criticism one can clearly point out the role of master and servant. One may also notice that Prospero threatens Ariel by insisting on trapping him in a tree for twelve years, which is ironic being that Prospero is the one who saved him from being trapped in…

Alfred Crosby would react to Pauly’s account with criticism towards the Entomologists. I think Crosby would point out that the Entomologists’ view is antithetical to his work. Pauly gives a good summary of the Entomologists’ view when he quotes Marlatt as saying “it is the unknown things that you cannot find that we have to protect this country from” (Pauly Pg 68). Marlatt’s point is that foreign plants should be excluded from the US because they may bring harmful organisms that have not yet…