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OUTLINE OF LITERARY CRITICISM
Siswo Harsono
Literary Criticism
Siswo Harsono
Literary sciences
• Literary theory
• Literary history
• Literary criticism
Criticism
• Literary criticism
• Social criticism
• Cultural criticism
Etymology of criticism
• French, from Greek kritike, the art of criticism, from kritikos, critical
• Latin, crtiticus, from adjective, “decisive”, from Greek kritikos, able to discern, critical from kritos, separated, chosen, from krinein, to separate, choose
• Greek kriterion, a means for judging, standard from krites, a judge, umpire, from krinein, to separate, choose (Grolier, 1986:314)
Definition of criticism
• The act of making judgements and or criticizing• A passing of unfavorable judgement, censure,
disapproval• The art, skill, or profession of making discriminating
judgements and evaluation, especially of literary or other artistic works
• A review or other article expressing such judgement and evaluation
• The detailed investigation of the origin and history of literary documents (Grolier, 1986:314)
Definition of literary criticism
• The practice of describing, interpreting, and evaluating literature (Morner and Rausch, 1998:121)
Functions of literary criticism
• Criticizing literary works
• Verifying literary theory
• Supporting literary history
Types of literary criticism
•Theoretical literary criticism•Practical literary criticism•Historical literary criticism
Types of practical literary criticism
• Impressionistic literary criticism
•Analytical literary criticism• Judicial literary criticism
Types of writing criticism
• Scientific literary criticism
• Popular literary criticism
• Creative literary criticism
Orientations of literary criticism
• Mimetic literary criticism
• Pragmatic literary criticism
• Expressive literary criticism
• Objective literary criticism
Theory of literary criticism
• Formalism
• New criticism
• Structuralism
• Stylistics
• Psychoanalysis
• Marxist criticism
• Existential criticism
• Archetypal criticism
• Hermeneutics
• Deconstruction
• Reader response
• Semiotics
• New historicism
• Feminist criticism
• Post-structuralism
• Post-colonial criticism
Objects of literary criticism
• Poetry
• Prose
• Drama
Methods of literary criticism
• Library research
• Field research
Steps of literary criticism
• Reading literary work
• Writing impressionistic comment
• Writing analytical review
• Writing judicial inference
Application of literary criticism
• Criticizing poetry
•Criticizing prose
•Criticizing drama
Criticism of poetry
• Intrinsic aspects– Typography– Sounds– Imagery– Figurative– Symbol– Tone
• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural
Criticism of Prose
• Intrinsic aspects– Theme– Character– Plot– Setting– Point of View– Style
• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural
Criticism of Drama
• Intrinsic aspects– Theme– Character– Plot– Setting– Style– Subtext
• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural
Literary works
• Poetry: “Frankie and Johnny” by Anonymous
• Prose: “Exodus” by James Baldwin
• Drama: “The Sandbox” by Edward Albee
Evaluation
• Mid-semester: theoretical exam
• Final semester: practical exam
• Task assignment: paper exam
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