PPT-LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY

THEORIES THEORISTS AND IMPORTANT TERMS By K Yegoryan Critical Theory Greek kritikos judgment 18 th cent In Literary studies Is a form of hermeneutics the knowledge via interpretation to understand the meaning of human texts and symbolic expressions. TO ACT CRITICALLY?. Stephen Brookfield. Distinguished University Professor. University of St. Thomas. Minneapolis-St. Paul. CRITICAL THINKING. A premature ultimate – its invocation stops further analysis & questioning. Research Methods. CAS 204. What is Communication?. What is Communication?. The nature of communication is . complex. and . contested. .. What is Communication?. The nature of communication is . complex.  . Course Description. This course traces the philosophical and critical development of Western thought in its particular relation to “Art”.  The critical selections cover the classical conception of Art, Renaissance and the 18th century (the Age of Reason) and emphasize the major trends and orientation of Arts criticism in the Western critical thought.  Major orientations, motifs of criticism are also emphasized as they developed from classical periods to the 18th century (the Age of Reason).. Mika Karikari, Miami University. ,. @. MikaKarikari, she/her/hers. Paul . Porter, Indiana University School of Medicine @DrPaulPorter he/him/his. Suresh . Mudragada, Macalester College, @sureshmudragada, he/him/his. Critical Race Theory (CRT):. Perspectives and Implications. NTID Diversity Group Presentation. March 23, 2012. Thomastine. . Sarchet. Disclaimer. By its very nature, the topic of critical race theory may be sensitive to people for a variety of reasons. The terminology, quotes, and examples used are not meant to harm, diminish, or offend anyone in any way. They are used purely for illustration and discussion purposes only. . What is theory?. What is the relationship between theory and literature?. Literary Theory in Two Bites. Poststructuralism. (which often . encompasses deconstruction . and . postmodernism). “The possibility of reading materiality, silence, space, and conflict within texts has opened up extremely productive ways of studying the politics of language. If each text is seen as presenting a major claim that attempts to dominate, erase, or distort various ‘other’ claims (whose traces nevertheless remain detectable to a reader who goes against the grain of the dominant claim), then “reading” in its extended sense is deeply involved in questions of authority and power” (346). From Barbara Johnson, “Writing.”. Mel Gill. Levels of Reflectiveness (1). Habitual action:. providing material without any sense of the meaning.. Understanding:. can demonstrate understanding but has difficulty applying it because it remains a theoretical concept and does not show how it might be used in practice.. Critical Race Theory (CRT) states… . race matters. race is a social construct (i.e., race is not permanent). racism is ordinary (i.e., way society operates). racism serves a purpose (i.e., subordination). Way of looking beyond plot and character development . Allows you to put on a lens and view a text in a variety of different ways. Recognized Critical Lenses. Moral/Intellectual. Topical/Historical. New Critical/Formalist. Jackie Tuck. 10. th. March 2016. j. ackie.tuck@open.ac.uk. Focus of the session. Taking a critical stance in . postgraduate . writing – what does it look like?. Building effective critical conversations in writing.. Formalism and New Criticism. What do Literary Critics do?. Literary critics make . observations about . and . connections between . works of . literature, and between literature and its social and historical contexts. . A broader study of Civil Rights and Ethnic Studies. Includes:. Economics. History. Context. Group- and Self-Interest. Feelings. Key Aspects of CRT. Racism is ordinary, not aberrational. White-over-color serves important purposes for the dominant group . By Brad Pitt. Postcolonial . Theory. Literature of colonized countries . Focuses . on . the reading and writing of literature written in previously or currently colonized countries. The literature is composed of colonizing countries that deals with colonization or colonized peoples.  . it introduced a series of articles that highlighted the importance of critical appraisal of the literature. . Starting in 1993. a set of articles in the . Journal of the American Medical Association.