PPT-Formalism/New Criticism

By Jim Matt Max and Nick Definition Formalism Noun Strict adherence to or observance of prescribed or traditional forms as in music poetry and art What do Formalists do Formalists look at specific words and elements to critique in a given piece. Notes for the Director. OVERVIEW. Every production engenders a response. Directors need to grow by listening seriously and . thoughfully. to the feedback your production generates. Performance. A production is never finished until an audience watches and . Michael Santoro,. Queens College English Department. Introduction to Quantitative Formalism. “’Distant reading’, I have once called this type of approach; where distance is however not an obstacle, but a specific form of knowledge…” . Piece One:. Piece Two. Piece Three. Piece 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZuBFz6WYfs. Formalism. Formalism. is a literary theory which argues that . how. a text is written is a just as important as . 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. Overall documentary feel of . nouvelle vague . films. Location shooting, natural light, direct sound recording, grainy photography, casual composition. Long takes . Nouvelle Vague. Realism or Formalism?. English 113. Literature-Based Research. Suzann Ledford. Introduction to Literary Criticism. Literary criticism has two main functions:. To analyze, study, and evaluate works of literature.. To form general principles for the examination of works of literature.. vs.. . New Criticism. Differences and Similarities. By: Marina . Golubeva. &. . Cristina . Popa. Russian Formalism New Criticism . Focus . on understanding the literary text through the text . Redaction Criticism. Robert C. Newman. Biblical Seminary. Form Criticism. Terminology. '. Form Criticism. '. is the English rendering of the German . Formgeschichte. . ". form history. ". or . Gattungsforschung. & . Curved Beta-Gamma Systems”. P.A. . Grassi. (Univ. of . Piemonte. Orientale). M. . . Tonin. (. Padova. Univ.). I. O. (Univ. of the . Ryukyus. ）. N.P.B (in press). 28 Jul.- 1 Aug.2008, . English . 4U. by . Carlinda. . D’Alimonte. This presentation is partly based on a PowerPoint by . Suzann . Ledford.. Introduction to Literary Criticism. Any piece of text can be read with a number of different sets of “glasses,” meaning you are looking for different things within the text.. Have you ever been so involved in watching a movie that you react emotionally or feel a part of the action?. If so, then you have been deeply involved with a work of art.. After you see a new movie or TV program you might recommend it to a friend or tell them not to waste their time. You are judging the show and making decisions about why it was a failure or success. . It . fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. . It . calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” . - Winston Churchill. What is Constructive Criticism?. Feedback about someone else’s work. lenses. . applied to an object under consideration; they bring certain qualities into focus or call our attention to particular issues.. . Why do we use different forms of criticism?. Literary criticism is an extension of the social activity of interpreting. One reader writes down his or her views on what a particular work of literature means so that others can respond to that interpretation. The critic's specific purpose may be to . Literary theory and criticism are interpretive tools that help us think more deeply and insightfully about the literature that we read. Over time, different schools of literary criticism have developed, each with its own approaches to the act of reading..