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A directory of links to literary criticism and analysis on the Internet, mostly scholarly.
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VoS Voice of the Shuttle Theory succinct explanations, key figures, bibliographies,and suggested websites for major literary/cultural theories Kristi Siegel, Mount Mary C Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory Criticism(online, hypertext version of the print volume edited by Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth; full-text access and...University project on this school of literary theory.
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New Criticism These materials were created by students back in 1993 as part of an early experiment with hypertext. They were designed to serve as a kind of online reference tool, an electronic database, that would provide information to students who weren't...Brief review of some of the premises shared by a several theoretical approaches.
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Some Characteristics of Contemporary Theory This text may be freely used, with attribution, for non-profit purposes. As are all of my posts for this course, this document is open to change. If you have any suggestions (additions, qualifications, arguments mail me. Contemporary Literary Theory is...Brief overview of New Criticism and the major writers connected with it.
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New Criticism Explained Criticism was a highly influential school of Formalist criticism that flourished from the 40s to late 60s. New Criticism Occurred Partially in Response To: Biographical Criticism that understood art primarily as a reflection of the author's life (sometimes to the...Collection of links related to this approach.
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VoS Voice of the Shuttle Liu and a development team in the U.California, Santa Barbara, English Department. Contact: ayliu@english.ucsb.edu 151; To suggest links for inclusion in VoS, please use the Suggest a Link button on the relevant category page. To offer feedback on the site,...Mimetology in Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus.
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Schneider Sacred Ambivalence Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both Ren Girard's hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans's identification of the part played by mimetic resentment...The world of literary theory is an ever changing hot bed of debate. Here it is explored in all its facets, from semiotics, to classicism, surrealism, and post modernism.
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Literary Theory Explorations This page will be devoted primarily to studying the various literary theories that have existed, or still exist, their relevance to today, how we affect literature and how literature affects us personally and as a society. It will also deal...Overviews of the new criticism and formalism, traditional historicism, new historicism, reader-response criticism, psychoanalytical criticism, feminist literary criticism, structuralist criticism, and Marxist literary criticism.
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Interpretations using this approach Historical Background New Criticism arose in opposition to biographical or vaguely impressionistic approaches It sought to establish literary studies as an objective discipline Its desire to reveal organic unity in complex texts may be historically determined,...Literary genres, specific historical periods, pedagogical issues, politics and literature, and literary theory.
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Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory Archive has a complete list of women Nobel Prize Laureates in the area of Literature here. Introduction This page includes information on different literary Genres, specific Historical Periods, Pedagogical issues, Politics and literature, and literary Theory. Genres Autobiography Autography Autofiction...Definitions of key words in the discussion of literary theory.
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Glossary of Terms A story in which the characters and their actions represent general truths about human conduct. The characters in an allegory often represent abstract concepts, such as faith, innocence, or evil. Eg, George Orwell's Animal Farm, Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Nathaniel...An index of brief explanations of critical terms. Hosted by the University of Toronto.
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Dissociation of sensibility Dramatic unities E criture Einfhlung Emotive language Empathy Episteme Exegesis Existentialism Explication de texte Expressionism F Fancy and imagination Feminist criticism Foregrounding Formalism Fourfold meaning Frankfurt School G Geneva School Genre Grammatology H Hermeneutics Horizon of expectation...A study guide on Literary Theory provided by The Objectivist Center. Covers Aristotelian Theory, Post-Aristotelian Theory, and Chicago School of Criticism.
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We are having trouble finding your page Objectivist Center Reason, Individualism, Achievement, and Freedom Save money and support the Center by shopping online! Store Spotlight: Is this the page you are looking for: Literary Theory TOC has redesigned its website and in the process has renamed many of its files. If it is not...Resource page hosted by the University of Toronto. Has an essay on the Postmodern by Linda Hutcheon, a glossary of literary theory, Hazlitt's essays on the characters of Shakespeare's plays, and Leslie Stephen on George Eliot.
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University of Toronto English Library (UTEL) Criticism and Theory Resources UTEL [HistoryofEnglish EnglishComposition LiteraryAuthors LiteraryWorks LiteraryCriticism] English Department Sites [Main Office Graduate Studies GraduateEnglishAssociation University of Toronto English LibraryCriticism and Theory Resources Irony, Nostalgia, and the Postmodern (1997 by Linda Hutcheon Glossary of Literary Theory Characters of Shakespear's Plays (1817...Research tool for exploring the relevance of the study of human cognition to literary and cultural studies.
http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/
Definitions of some basic terms used in the discussion of literary theory.
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Swirl:Terms Definitions People sometimes criticize us for using complicated words to be trendy. That's not just malicious, it's stupid. A concept sometimes needs a new word to express it, sometimes it uses an everyday word that gives it a singular sense Gilles...Traces formalism, deep structuralism, and post-structuralism. Briefly looks at a few other schools as well.
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Timeline of Critical Paradigms Acrobat version of this page so you can print it. Warren Hedges, Southern Oregon Univeristy, 10/97 Four Highly Influential Paradigms These Influence all the Schools Approaches that Follow Below Each Successive Paradigm Complicates and Incorporates Elements of Previous Paradigms Structuralism...Large index of poetry criticism in both prose and verse. Has annotated e-texts of many classics. Part of the University of Toronto's English Library.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/indexcriticism.html
An essay on the influence of Raymond Williams, Etienne Balibar and Pierre Macherey, and Terry Eagleton on postmodern critical theory.
http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/english/strickland/495/ideology.html
Research at the intersection of literary studies, cognitive theory, and neuroscience
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Literature, Cognition the Brain This page includes abstracts, reviews, accounts of work forthcoming or in progress, links to related web sites, and a regularly updated annotated bibliography. Queries, URLs, and citations for the bibliography may be sent to: alan.richardson@bc.edu Bibliography This bibliography is devoted...How to use this method to analyze literature.
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How To Use Formalist Tools to Analyze Literature Where were you the most engaged while reading? What confused you? These passages are often the most important. If you were bored, where and why? Boredom is important. Step 2: Pay close attention to the page (or pages) in front...A compilational web of student writings in the humanities - cultural studies, literary studies, critical theory, film studies, and semiotics. Maintained by Martin Zeilinger et al.
http://www.8ung.at/burgerplease/
Individualized forums for reviews and review writing.
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The BOOK REVIEW Forum-Main Page www.aimoo.com Look here for forum rules and announcements. 0categorypoll(s) Last Post: 04/15/2005 12:02 by pc-eng-4 Topics:13 Messages:13 Visited:386 Book Review Forum: HARRY POTTER BOOK REVIEWS Post your Book Reviews for any HARRY POTTER BOOKS. 0categorypoll(s) 1moderator(s) Last Post: 10/12/2005 00:14 by...An index with brief explanations and bibliographies.
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Introduction to Modern Literary Theory When theories are explained briefly, a necessary reduction in their complexity and richness occurs. The information below is meant merely as a guide or introduction to modern literary theories and trends. Please note: Site is in the process of being...