New Criticism

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New Criticism

• New Critical Approach to Narratives

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New Criticism Major Theorists

• T.S. Eliot
• objective correlative
• The poem is an impersonal formulation of common
  feelings and emotions. (textbook p. 40)
• emphasis on structural analysis
• the poet as a catalyst (42)
• I. A. Richards, etc.

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New Criticism Major Views

• A poem is autonomous, with an ontological status.
  
• Intentional Fallacy,
• Affective Fallacy
• Poetry offers a different kind of truth (poetic
  truth) than science.
• Heresy of Paraphrase

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New Criticism Methodology (1) Poetry
Whole Themes pattern, tension, ambiguities,
paradox, contradictions

• Parts
• Denotations, connotations
• and etymological roots
• Allusions
• Prosody
• Relationships
• among
• the various elements

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New Criticism Methodology (1) Narrative
Whole Themes harmonized pattern, tension,
ambiguities, paradox, contradictions

• Parts
• Point of view,
• dialogue,
• setting,
• Plot
• Characterization
• Relationships
• among
• the various elements

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?? Introduction the major structure

• Structure 1. no ending
• 2. Divided into two part
• Question How are the two parts different? How
  are the two parts related to each other?
• Answers 1. The contrast between Ms. ? and
  the mother
• 2. Opposition, parallel, and symmetry
  between the setting,
• 3. the point of view,
• 4. ?? of the two parts

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Ms. ? the mother

1. Ms. ?s appearance sensual, a lot of colors,
   sexual
2. implication from ??s point of view
3. She is the object of ??s desire.
4. Images for her ????????????
5. She is beautiful and desirable but dangerous.

• the mother
• an interior monologue

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the settings and plot of the two parts

• The first part
• The mothers whole-day lying on the bed // the
  inactive environment
• ?? is a child.
• Settings
• The sun shining, quiet, ??????????
• ??????
• ??? uses the environment to match/reflect the
  moods of the mother esp. the cloud

• The second part
• When ?? is waiting for Ms. ? feels like a hero
• A lot of motion is described
• Settings
• ??? ????

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The mothers interior monologue

• emotional
• The mothers mind is not quite stable.
• Four men ??, ??, ?????, ????The
  husband/doctor-wife relationship
• Cf. Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkin Gilman
• Question Why is she so worried about her son?

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The storys main idea and imagery

• The story is about a mothers worries about and
  fears over her son, while the son needs to be
  independent. The sentiments of both are conveyed
  through the description of the settings and the
  images associated with them, as well as the
  images associated with the people around them.
• e.g. The images associated with the mother are
  inactive ones and related to her sickness. The
  images associated with Ms. ? mean life and
  sexuality.

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How does the mother present ???

1. ?? is presented as a young boy, in need of being
   protected.
2. ?? as a young man, wanting to be independent.
3. The mother confuses the past with the present,
   and she also confuses the people.
4. She presents herself as she, the third person.
5. She expects the son could cure her as the old
   doctor cures her.---a complete dependence of the
   mothers part.

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Why is the mother so worried about her son?

• ??????????????.
• There could be a miscarriage. She expected the
  second baby but lost it. Thats why she holds on
  to ?? so much.
• ??????????? ???????????
• Confusing the son with the doctor, expecting ??
  to cure her, or to be the only cure for her
  illness.
• Dependant on the son. Submissive to the doctors
  and the husband.

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?? Patterns

• Setting ???? ??
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• ?????? ??? ???
• ?? ??(???????

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A Rose for Emily

• Major Argument
• Southern aristocracy, which Emily is first
  trapped in, holds on to and then gets to
  represent, is viewed by the town people as a past
  both dignified and degraded.

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Emily in A Rose for Emily

• Southern aristocracy the Griersons
• Emily is first trapped in and then holds on to
  the past. e.g. p. 26.
• She once tries to break out of it, but she ends
  up representing it. (her house, p. 25 her
  images)
• Emily // house, broken into by the town people

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A Rose for Emily

• The narrators views of Emily
• (1) After her father is dead, glad
• (2) When she goes out with Homer Barren, she
  will marry him.
• (3) After Barren disappears She will kill
  herself.
• (4) the smell feel sorry for her.
• (5) the tax dear, inescapable, impervious,
  tranquil and perverse.
• (6) After Emily is dead. ?

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The narrators in A Rose

• The narrators views (1) death
• Tax (2) smell
• of old Lady Wyatts craziness, fathers death
• The narrators views of Emily and her father
• (3) dignity earthiness arsenic
• The narrators views of Emily and Homer Barron
• (4) The townpeoples intrusion China
  painting lesson
• (5) House broken into. The only internal view of
  her.

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New Criticism

• New Critical Approach to Narratives
• Quiz

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1. Which of the following are New Criticisms
Major Views

• 1. Intentional Fallacy,
• 2. Political Correctness
• 3. Paraphrase Heresy
• 4. Poetic Truth as different from Scientific Truth

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2. Which of the following are New Criticisms
Major Views

• 1. Intentional Fallacy,
• 2. Political Correctness
• 3. Paraphrase Heresy
• 4. Poetic Truth as different from Scientific Truth

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How do we do a New Criticism of A Rose for
Emily?

• 1. Study Faulkners presentations of women,
• 2. Study the point of view
• 3. Analyze the plot development
• 4. Find out the contraditions

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How do we do a New Criticism of A Rose for
Emily?

• 1. Study Faulkners presentations of women,
• 2. Study the point of view
• 3. Analyze the plot development
• 4. Find out the contraditions

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Of the images of women we have read, which is the
completely positive one?

• 1.Metaphor
• 2.Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?
• 3.??
• 4.Emily in A Rose for Emily
• 5. None of the Above

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Of the images of women we have read, which is the
completely positive one?

• 1.Metaphor
• 2.Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?
• 3.??
• 4.Emily in A Rose for Emily
• 5. None of the Above