- By now you may be wondering what sort of literary critic you are. You may feel that you have a mixture of different critics, but this is not surprising because none of the schools of criticism are mutually exclusive. With this being said, for this assignment I want you to classify yourself in one or more of the schools of criticism that we have learned about in class. The second part of this assignment is to justify your reason for placing yourself in this school of criticism, using one or more of the readings that we have come across in class. The readings can include: "The Sun Goes Down on Summer", The Stranger, Eaters of the Dead, "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Hills Like White Elephants", Beowulf, Frankenstein, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass.
- So to breakdown the assignment once again, your post must have the following:
- School of Criticism(s) Identified
- Paragraph Explanation as to why you classify yourself in this school
- examples used from the readings of the first semester.
* Last day to complete this extra credit assignment is Monday, December 13, 2010.
my type of criticism is probably femenist
ReplyDeletefeminist because i actually believe that there are many things in this world that only men can do. women are not capable of doing so many things like men are. one example would be "creating a monster" like in the novel Frankenstein. women are just not that into stuff like that. only men are crazy enough to go through with these type of actions.
carlos cuadros 5th and 6th period
The school of criticism that best identifies myself as is Historical Criticism. The significance of historical information is to be considered in interpretating literature. Society often has to adjust because of historical events that affect people in various forms. This idea is most evident in Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein." According to Shelley, "[t]he republican institutions of our country have produced simplier and happier manners than those which prevail in the great monarchies that surround it. Hence there is less distinction between the several classes of its inhabitants; and the lower orders, being neither so poor nor so despised, their manners are more refined and moral" (42). The author compares Geneva with other oppresive countries, such as France. France was known as a monarchy, and thus the French Revolution took place to fix this control, 19 years before "Frankestein" was published.
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I would say I am a resder response ctitic. I don't like reading books so I have not read much other than what we have to read for class. I stick to what I know and have discovered and interpet the book based on what I know. I don't pay much attention to any historical aspects or anything really indepth until we go over it in class.
ReplyDeleteFor example when I read the Alice books I only paid attention to what happened in the story. The events that took place were just those certain events. But now, with everything we've gone over I've paid more attention to the books.
But besides 'class learning activities,' I just read the books and that's it.
Billie Flores
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I would clssify myself as a cultural critic. I classify myself as a Cultural Critic because when read a novel, i usually try to find the cultural behind the novel. For example when I read Alice in Wonderland i looked into the culture of England in the time and how they dressed, and how young girls acted, and how they were expected to behave.
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ReplyDeleteI would classify myself as a feminist critic.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read a novel, I always focus on the female characters in it, & always compare them to myself & women I know. Especially when it comes to love stories, I always find myself thinking "Guys are SO like that." or "Girls can never catch a break."
When it came to reading Frankenstein, Elizabeth was the character that caught my attention the most. She just seemed like you're usual female in classic novels in the sense that she lost her own life because she was willing to give everything up for the man she loved and cared about. You rarely ever see a man do that for a woman.
Alice from Alice in Wonderland completely went against the rules of being a female character in the Victorian era by being curious, speaking her mind & standing up to men rather than being put down or keeping her thoughts to herself. This is the reason she is my all-time favorite storybook character.
-Alexandra Lopez, 1-2 A/B
Mariella C. Zavala 1st & 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteLiterary criticism I identify with: Archetypal Criticism
Indeed, as I analyzed the type of critic that I am when it comes as a response to literature, I found that the type of criticism I can identify most with is archetypal criticism. Symbols, motifs, and patterns are what stands out in a piece of literature for me. The images, characters, motifs, and patterns that occur in The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, for example, are the type of elements my eye is attracted to when reading. The symbolic figures in the Alice books are savory to my taste. Nonsense seems to be one of the biggest if not the main motif in Lewis Carroll’s masterpieces and I find this extremely intriguing.
In addition, Beowulf is another reading that definitely left a huge impact on the type of literary critic that I am. All the symbolic figures and use of language posed for deeper meaning with a certain purpose and logic, just as the Alices conveyed. “… but a grin without a cat?” said Alice.
Alexandra Salazar
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Literary Criticism: Archetypal, Feminist and Marxist Criticism.
I realized that i was an Archetypal Critic when i read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland because i was captivated by the images,patterns,motifs,literature,dreams,ect...
The novel may seem irrational to some yet, it stands at a very high position of creative morals in my eyes which connects to these aspects i have listed above.
On another note, i noticed that i was a Feminst and Marxizt Critic when i read Beawulf.
The fact that Heroic Men were idoilized triggered some sort of anguish within me.
I caught myself looking for the social, religious, ethnicity...ect parts in the novel because I have a strong opinion when touching those specific topics.
Ps. Correction in Mariella post
she is in 5&6th period not 1&2nd