New criticism Flashcards
each object being interpreted would itself dictate how it would be interpreted
objective criticism
Statement that seems self-contradictory but represent the actual things way
Paradox
the belief that the literary text can be understood primarily by understanding its form
close reading
Confuses the text with its affects, that is, with the emotions it produces.
Affective fallacy
‘The text itself’
new criticism
New critics believed their interpretations were based solely on the context created by the text and the language provided by the text
intrinsic criticism
a comparison of two dissimilar objects in which the properties of one are ascribed to the other
metaphor
occurs when a word, image, or event generates two or more different meanings
ambiguity
it goes outside the literary text for tools needed to interpret it
extrinsic criticism
if a reader doesn’t like a character, then that character must be evil
impressionistic responses
describes something by comparing it to something else
simile
Statement or event undermined by the context in which it occurs
Irony
language that has more than, or other than, a strictly literal meaning
figurative language
is also created by the dynamic interplay among text’s opposing tendencies
tension
became the battle cry of the New Critical effort to focus our attention on the literary work as the sole source of evidence for interpreting it.
“The text itself”
