Reader-response criticism

When discussing Milton’s choice not to ever offer the Truth, scholar Stanley Fish suggests Milton made this omission strategically in order to support the argument that Truth cannot be contained. While it may seem frustrating that, despite all his allusions to the Truth, Milton never seems to explicitly state what the truth must entail, Fish would argue that the reader’s inability to finish reading the Areopagitica without being able to appoint Milton as the founder of some profound truth is…

think they have more knowledge and when they try to explain things to their children it creates the feeling of criticism. Tannen states that often the most hurtful meta-messages of family talk “is the implication of incompetence- even (if not especially) when the children grow up” (Tannen D., 2001, p. 23). She explains that grown children often hope for their parent’s approval and criticism can be hurtful. This is why communication is important in stopping people from getting hurt when…

Is Hip-Hop terrible nowadays or am I getting old? Time makes fools of all of us. I’m not the same stallion that I used to be. The days of me drinking until four in the morning are far behind me. I mean I can still do it but instead of a cheeseburger to recover, I need three days of rest and IV bag. Just like my drinking tolerance my music tolerance has changed. This is something that will happen to all of us. We get older and our bodies change and our music palate also changes. This leads to…

Bold is a word with many meanings and some people take bold actions in their life. Imagine moving to the middle of nowhere, to a no-man’s land. That’s what Benjamin Mulford of Minnesota did when he decided to create to Port Salerno. He took a bold step in creating what he called, “Utopia.” He made a place, where we today can go to enjoy seafood, and boat. He took a leap of faith and bought a mere 4 square miles, and then working with what he had, Benjamin Mulford made a popular town, among the…

applications to the text. This opens their minds to understand different ways to interpret the reading rather than just form an opinion, which is important because not every child is taught how to read in the same school or under the same level of criticism. The concept of having a “critical lens” is what is said to have been taught to students for reading, and is what Mark Edmundson has taken an issue with. Mr. Edmundson believes that teachers should simply just assign a reading, rather than…

Frist of all, there is many discourses that I belong to. I think the best discourse I belong to is camping discourse. Be sure there are many diffrents between the discourses. One of the most different between discourses is language. It is different to how to speak, and also how to understand it. For examples, if I said please my friend take a look, this mean take around to make sure there is no dengrous or the place is safety. Actually, there is no many rules to ger membership. The person who…

are presented with observation that readers critique and interpret publications based on perception of real life events and of people. In George L. Dillon critical essay “Styles of Reading”, he points out how focusing on event chains in a story is important to understand all aspects behind a stories comprehension. It was an interesting study in how people read, and how the way in which we read affects literary criticism. Dillon included multiple people’s responses to “A Rose for…

Experiment in Criticism”, by C.S. Lewis offers a reverse type of traditional literary criticism that focuses on distinction of readers instead of the book itself. The way of approach to the literature classifies the different types of readers. It, then, embedded a vigorous declaration on how evaluative criticism can overpower and overwhelm the reader which results in the slaughter of an individual’s opinion on a literature. It is a wonderful book as it takes u the road of discovery of types of…

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,…

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. Elliot’s repeated emphasis on the necessity of tradition and culture may have been a response to modernity. Several critics argue that…