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    UNDERSTANDING OF POETRY

    Written by Presented by

    Cleanth Brooks Ayesha 22


    INTRODUCTION

    Of Writer
    John Donne _metaphysical
    • Birth_ (1906_1994) poet
    • American literary Critic_ New Criticism_ 20th century Theme of love, religion and
    mortality
    • Joined English faculty at Louisiana State University (LSU)
    Works_ The Flea, The
    and became member of journal”The southern review” Valediction
    • Examine poems by T.S Eliot, John Donne and William
    Wordsworth
    • Co_authored with Robert Penn Warren_ Understanding of
    poetry and Understanding of Fiction
    SIGNIFICANCE OF CLEANTH
    BROOKS IN LITERARY CRITICISM

    New criticism

    • Started in mid_20th century


    • Other critics are John Crowe Ransom and Robert Penn Warren
    • Emphasise on close reading by focusing on internal factors
    FORMALIST APPROACH EMPHASIS ON AMBIGUITY
    OR AND
    AESTHETIC CRITICISM PARADOX

    • Analyzing work of art by focusing on its • It creats multiple meanings and tention
    formal elements like imagery, rhythm, which enriches reading experience
    rhyme, symbols, meaning etc
    • Emphasise on complexity and depth
    • Reject idea of moral, political and social
    message
    INFLUENCE ON PADAGOGY CLOSE READING

    • His works influenced teaching methods • Detailed analysis of language and literary
    work
    • Taught at Yale University and mentored
    • Explore hidden meanings
    many students
    HERESY OF PARAPHRASE HISTORICAL CRITICISM

    • Introduced by Allen Tate • Emphasis on Unique qualities of the text


    • Shouldn’t focus on summary • De_emphasized author’s biography and
    historical context
    • Poetry_ structure, language and meaning
    • Later years emphasis on Historicism and
    cultural Studies
    CRITICISM OF POETRY

    INTENTIONAL FALLACY AFFECTIVE FALLACY


    • Against this term_ Author’s intended • Also against this term
    meaning
    • Emotional impact on the reader
    • Meaning derived by the relation between
    reader and the text
    Unity and Organic whole

    Successful poem_ coherence in its elements of


    theme, imagery, meaning and structure

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