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New Criticism - Coggle Diagram
New Criticism
Symbols---paradox---ambiguity---tension---irony---patterns---theme/underlying message---unity
complexity!
order
How the text affects you? What kind of responses does it evoke? Can this be the meaning?
affective fallacy X
reader---what they think the text means---contextual information?
reader-response X
author-what they think the text means
authorial intent X
intentional fallacy
language, form, content
meaning lies with the text
linguistic devices/elements
syntactic features----semantic features
words---sentences (structure)---order
literary devices---literariness---defamiliarization
what makes it unique?
literary language---connotation. everyday language---denotation
"textual evidence"---important/significant even today
"the text itself"
to support your argument---proof
text? important features/characteristics?
'close reading'
investigative in nature
1940s-1960s----
Meaning???
Text
organic unity---IMP!
Stylistic features
What to look for?