New Criticism
Quotations from M. A. R. Habib
“Literature is no longer viewed as aiming to represent reality or character or to impart
moral or intellectual lessons, but is considered to be an object in its own right,
autonomous (possessing its own laws) and autotelic (having its aims to internal to
itself).”
“Moreover, in the formalist view, literature does not convey any clear or paraphrasable
message; rather it communicates what is otherwise ineffable. ”
“Literature is regarded as a unique mode of expression, not an extension of rhetoric or
philosophy or history or social or psychological documentary.”
Russian Formalism
group of writers who flourished during the period of the Russian Revolution of 1917
two schools: The Moscow Linguistic Circle— Roman Jakobson, 1915 and the Society
for the Study of Poetic Language (Opoyaz)— Shklovsky, Eichenbaum, 1916
other major critic— folklorist Vladimir Propp
their emphasis on form and technique drastically differed from that of the later New
Critics
more theoretical- general nature, literary devices, historical evolution of literary
techniques
New Criticism 1
Quotations from M. A. R. Habib
“Literature is no longer viewed as aiming to represent reality or character or to impart
moral or intellectual lessons, but is considered to be an object in its own right,
autonomous (possessing its own laws) and autotelic (having its aims to internal to
itself).”
“Moreover, in the formalist view, literature does not convey any clear or paraphrasable
message; rather it communicates what is otherwise ineffable. ”
“Literature is regarded as a unique mode of expression, not an extension of rhetoric or
philosophy or history or social or psychological documentary.”
Russian Formalism
group of writers who flourished during the period of the Russian Revolution of 1917
two schools: The Moscow Linguistic Circle— Roman Jakobson, 1915 and the Society
for the Study of Poetic Language (Opoyaz)— Shklovsky, Eichenbaum, 1916
other major critic— folklorist Vladimir Propp
their emphasis on form and technique drastically differed from that of the later New
Critics
more theoretical- general nature, literary devices, historical evolution of literary
techniques
New Criticism 1
