Download or read book I A Richards Theory of Value and Its Relation to Practice in His Literary Criticism written by Sascha Talmor and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I A Richards s Theory of Value and Its Relation to Practice in His Literary Criticism written by S. Talmor and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Language Thought and Comprehension written by W. H. N. Hotopf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1965, provides an interdisciplinary approach to the work of I. A. Richards. This study is particularly concerned with ideas about education, literary theory, language, philosophy and psychology, and focuses on many of Richard’s most important works, including The Meaning of Meaning and The Philosophy of Rhetoric.
Download or read book I A Richards Theory of Literary Value written by Vernon C. Anacker and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I. A. Richards was one of the most influential literary critics of the 20th century. An analysis of his general theory of value and his theory applied to literary evaluation should be required of those who are seriously concerned with constructing a critical ethic. A just amount of consideration reveals that there are serious problems with Richards' theory of value. He seeks to base his theory of value on the naturalistic premise that "good" is that which satisfies impulses or appetencies. Furthermore, an object or experience will increase in value with the satisfaction of greater numbers of impulses. One problem raised by his theory is the implicit assumption that electrical charges in the nervous system combine to form feelings and desires within an individual. This idea has not been verified by science thus leaving a central tenet of his theory based on speculation. As a result, Richards' inconsistent use of the word "impulses" is not carefully defined. The meaning constantly wanders between two possible definitions: electrical charges or feelings and desires. Other problems to be recognized are Richards' ideas that all feelings, appetencies, or impulses are equal and that individuals who live in harmonious relations with many people are satisfying more impulses than those who are given to a more solitary existence. Perhaps the greatest problem is Richards' initial irrational leap of faith which asserts that the satisfaction of impulses is good. These problems lead Richards into ethical situations of real life that show his theory of value to be inadequate to his own expectations; this is most emphatically clear when Richards seeks to apply his theory of value to the relationship of Socrates to his fellow Athenians. The central problem in applying Richards' theory of value to literary evaluation is the attempt to link his naturalistic idea of value with another idea which is never adequately defined. Richards' naturalistic view of value state.s that those works which are of greatest value are capable of balancing many discordant impulses in a state of poise within the reader's mind. The practical problem of tryirig to calculate if a given poem produces a poise in the mind and then trying to determine how many impulses are balanced in that poise is a critical impossibility. It is at this point that Richards injects the notion of the expert critic or reader. The expert is the individual who will make the instinctive determination of assigning value to a poem or work of art. Thus, there is a dichotomy of evaluative methods: the calculation of impulses against the instinctive judgment of the expert. In his later work, Practical Criticism, Richards writes as though he has realized that the difficult problems of his evaluative theories are too serious to reconcile. He denounces the critical activity of evaluation and emphasizes instead the task of correctly interpreting works of art. Yet, Richards never admits that this rejection of literary evaluation is in direct conflict with his own evaluative acts in Principles of Literary Criticism. However, Richards new position stresses the need for the reader to understand the poetic experience with which he is confronted and in doing this, the matter of evaluation will some how take care of itself. In the end, Richards has not left us with a reliable method for evaluating literature. What he has succeeded in showing is the difficulty in defining value in naturalistic concepts and then practically implementing those beliefs in literary criticism"--Document.
Download or read book Principles of Literary Criticism written by Ivor Armstrong Richards and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding I A Richards Principles of Literary Criticism written by Kalika Ranjan Chatterjee and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Treatment Of Modern Criticism Is Possible Without Discussing I.A. Richards, Since In The Most Literal Sense His Influence Combined With That Of T.S. Eliot And F.R. Leavis Served To Create It. As One Of Seminal Thinkers Paving The Way For The Development Of New Criticism, Richards Made A Systematic Attempt To Formulate A Theory Of Poetry In Consonance With The Demands Of Modern Scientific Thought.The Present Book Stems From The Need To Offer An Objective Appraisal Of Richards Thought System In The Context Of The Evolution Of His Ideas In Foundations Of Aesthetics, The Meaning Of Meaning, Principles Of Literary Criticism, Science And Poetry (Later Reissued As Poetries And Sciences) And Practical Criticism. In The Context Of Wide-Spread Misinterpretations And Distortions Of Richards Point Of View, The Author Has Tried Throughout This Inter-Disciplinary Work To Allow Richards To Speak For Himself. While Unfolding The Subtle, Suggestive And Consistent Nature Of Richards Early Writings, The Book Studies His Criticism Of Modern Poets Like T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, G.M. Hopkins, Thomas Hardy And D.H. Lawrence. The Chapter On Practical Criticism Throws Light On Richards Technique Of Evaluating Poems And Teaches The Art Of Appreciating Poetry.
Download or read book Principles of Literary Criticism written by I.A. Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivor Armstrong Richards was one of the founders of modern literary criticism. He enthused a generation of writers and readers and was an influential supporter of the young T.S. Eliot. Principles of Literary Criticism was the text that first established his reputation and pioneered the movement that became known as the 'New Criticism'. Highly controversial when first published, Principles of Literary Criticism remains a work which no one with a serious interest in literature can afford to ignore.
Download or read book I A Richards and the Rise of Cognitive Stylistics written by David West and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. A. Richards is an influential figure in literary criticism but has rarely been thought of as someone who laid the foundations for cognitive stylistics. This book proposes that Richards was a "protocognitivist". West argues that Richards anticipated many of the discipline's core aims, methods and assumptions. The book argues that the roots of cognitive psychology lie in early 20th-century psychology, when there was a focus on cognitive processes such as memory and learning, attention, categorisation, perception and consciousness. It was this cognitive psychology that Richards drew upon to build a theory of literature and interpretation - which in itself prefigured cognitive stylistics. West also suggests that Richards is one of the more influential British intellectuals of the 20th century, and that his work is still relevant today. West argues that cognitive stylistics is not, as Peter Stockwell has written, a "new science of literature and reading", but rather a discipline with a history that it continues to deny itself. This book will appeal to researchers and advanced students in stylistics and literary studies.
Download or read book The New Criticism written by John Crowe Ransom and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1979 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literary Criticism written by Joseph North and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Critical Revolution Turns Right -- 2. The Scholarly Turn -- 3. The Historicist/Contextualist Paradigm -- 4. The Critical Unconscious -- Conclusion: The Future of Criticism -- Appendix: The Critical Paradigm and T.S. Eliot -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Download or read book Walter Benjamin written by Terry Eagleton and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From our finest radical literary analyst, a classic study of the great philosopher and cultural theorist.
Download or read book Aesthetics and Language written by W. B. Gallie and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Language of Criticism Routledge Revivals written by John Casey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1966, the Language of Criticism was the first systematic attempt to understand literary criticism through the methods of linguistic philosophy and the later work of Wittgenstein. Literary critical and aesthetic judgements are rational, but are not to be explained by scientific methods. Criticism discovers reasons for a response, rather than causes, and is a rational procedure, rather than the expression of simply subjective taste, or of ideology, or of the power relations of society. The book aims at a philosophical justification of the tradition of practical criticism that runs from Matthew Arnold, through T.S.Eliot to I.A.Richards, William Empson, F.R.Leavis and the American New Critics. It argues that the close reading of texts moves justifiably from text to world, from aesthetic to ethical valuation. In this it differs radically from the schools of "theory" that have recently dominated the humanities.
Download or read book The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory written by Gregory Castle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This student-friendly text introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, as well as showing them how to perform literary analysis. Designed to be used alongside primary theoretical texts as an introduction to theory or alongside literary texts as a model for performing literary analysis. Presents a series of exemplary readings of particular literary texts such as Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness, Ulysses, To the Lighthouse and Midnight's Children. Provides a brief history of the rise of literary theory in the twentieth century, in order that students understand the historical contexts for different theories. Presents an alphabetically organized series of entries on key figures and publications, from Adorno to Žižek. Features descriptions of the major movements in literary theory, from critical theory through to postcolonial theory.
Download or read book Grounds of Literary Criticism written by Suresh Raval and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sophisticated and wide-ranging look at literary criticism addresses the major theorists of today and proposes a constructive approach to challenging critical debates. Disclosing conflict as the inevitable outcome of historical change, Suresh Raval refuses the stark either-or choice between the foundationalist stance, which seeks to find the right answers, and the relativist position, which denies the possibility of identifying right and wrong. Raval explores the question of conflict in literary criticism and theory by analyzing how different theories have treated key issues, not to resolve these problems but to show why they resist decisive solution.
Download or read book I A Richards Routledge Revivals written by John Paul Russo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering critic, educator, and poet, I. A. Richards (1893-1979) helped the English-speaking world decide not only what to read but how to read it. Acknowledged "father" of New Criticism, he produced the most systematic body of critical writing in the English language since Coleridge. His method of close reading dominated the English-speaking classroom for half a century. John Paul Russo draws on close personal acquaintance with Richards as well as on unpublished materials, correspondence, and interviews, to write the first biography (originally published in 1989) of one of last century’s most influential and many-sided men of letters.
Download or read book I A Richards and the Rise of Cognitive Stylistics written by David West (Lecturer) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
