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'''Literary Analysis and Criticism''' | '''Literary Analysis and Criticism''' | ||
== Criticism definition == | |||
* from "critical" | |||
** adjective to discern, judge | |||
** see [[critical thought]] | |||
>> https://www.bing.com/search?q=ciritical&cvid=721ae44481e7452595fb6b2e1ee79660&pglt=161&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=HCTS | |||
== Summarizing == | |||
* plot, setting, narrator, character, conflict, change, connection, reflection, language, and theme. | |||
== Journey of the hero == | |||
Jecon 11/27 | |||
12 Elements of the heros journey: | |||
1. background, life as normal | |||
2. the call | |||
3. refusal of the call | |||
4. discover a mentor | |||
5. passing the threshhold (heading into the journey) | |||
6. encounter allies and enemies | |||
7. tests and challenges | |||
8. the "innermost cave" (despair moment) | |||
9. seizing the sword: facing the enemy head on | |||
10. the ultimate ordeal | |||
11. resurrection: hero brought back to life, literal o | |||
12. Returning w/ the elixir >> going back to normal life | |||
see : Joesph Campbell's "The Power of Myth" | |||
> the monomyth of call to adventure, tests, and resurrection | |||
== Literary Criticism == | == Literary Criticism == | ||
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** argues against euphemisms and euphemistic language | ** argues against euphemisms and euphemistic language | ||
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=== Sokal affair === | |||
* Professor of Physics Alan Sokal published a paper purporting to take seriously the idea that the laws of physics are social constructs | |||
** he was satirizing similar theories in the social sciences, especially postmodern studies | |||
* his paper: [https://physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity (nyu.edu)] | |||
* see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair | |||
== Thomas C. Foster== | == Thomas C. Foster== | ||
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** Themes, advice, and quotations | ** Themes, advice, and quotations | ||
*** "Fiction and poetry and drama are not necessarily playgrounds for the overly literal" (p. << to cite) | *** "Fiction and poetry and drama are not necessarily playgrounds for the overly literal" (p. << to cite) | ||
*** "No literary Christ figure can ever be as pure, as perfect, as divine as Jesus Christ. Here as elsewhere, one does well to remember that writing literature is an exercise of the imagination. And so is reading it. | *** "No literary Christ figure can ever be as pure, as perfect, as divine as Jesus Christ. Here as elsewhere, one does well to remember that writing literature is an exercise of the imagination. And so is reading it." | ||
to bring our imaginations to bear on a story if we are to see all its possibilities; otherwise it’s just about somebody who did something." (p. << to cite) | to bring our imaginations to bear on a story if we are to see all its possibilities; otherwise it’s just about somebody who did something." (p. << to cite) | ||
** online sources: | ** online sources: | ||