Which of the following apply to New Criticism?
- A. It draws considerably on the critical essays of I. A. Richards and T. S. Eliot.
- B. Some of its concepts were anticipated by F. R. Leavis.
- C. It distinguishes literary from scientific language.
- D. It encourages extensive exploration of context and biography.
- E. It vouches for the historical analysis of a text.
Pick an option to check yourself, or open the answer below.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A. A, B and C only
Explanation
The New Critics built on Eliot's impersonality and Richards's emotive/referential distinction. They rejected biography (the intentional fallacy) and history.
More Literary Criticism and Theory questions
- Who is associated with the term 'intentional fallacy'?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Thinker List II: Work A. Karl Marx I. Madness and Civilization B. Claude Lévi-Strauss II. Being and Noth…
- Statement I: For Derrida, aesthetic discourse always involves values and interests; there is no 'pure and neutral' aesthetic realm. Stateme…
- Which of the following apply to the term 'carnival'? A. It became important through Mikhail Bakhtin's work. B. Popular humour subverts offi…
- Who considers a text a site of struggle between authority and popular culture?
- Statement I: In The Birth of the Clinic, the French Revolution created the grounds for the birth of the clinic. Statement II: Doctors came…