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Hermeneutics in literature

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How do we escape our current viewpoint and see a piece of literature as its author intended? We can't: our views are always bound up with our present concerns, just as those concerns are themselves coloured by past traditions. Hermeneutics began as the science of interpreting ancient documents, making a consistent picture when the parts themselves drew their meaning from the document as a whole, but has become important to Postmodernism and literature in general. The Function of General Laws in History.

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literary theory: an evaluation

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As far as is possible with literary theory, this section is organized logically:. Theory: Need for theory. Arguments for and against: practical benefits: this page. Poems as Autonomous Aesthetic Objects. Poems as Non-Autonomous Objects. Poems as Emotive Expression. Philosophical Dimension: Nineteenth Century. Scientific Dimension: Experimental Psychology. Poems as Faithful Representation. Representation in Analytical Philosophy. Representation in Language: Linguistics. Poetry as a Purposeful Activity.

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exhibits section of textetc.com

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An enormous and growing quantity of verse is available on the Internet, and wherever possible I simply give the reference URL. My purpose in the Exhibits section is more to:. 1 Complete the exercises begun in the Workshop. 2 Illustrate Workshop topics with further examples. 3 Show that traditional verse techniques will cope perfectly well with the demands of poetry today. Much poetry today — and I do not for a moment doubt the honesty and hard work that goes into it — does not rise to the level...Dar&iac...

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theories of metaphor

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Metaphors are not simply literary devices, but something active in understanding, perhaps even the very basis of language. Read this section for arguments that metaphors organize our experience, uniquely express that experience, and create convincing realities. Poetry, which uses them instinctively, is following a scientific truth. And lawyers prefer to stress the literal meaning of words, regarding metaphor as picturesque ornament. To connect is to tie together (. Metaphors are therefore active in under...

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romanticism in poetry

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Romanticism is an aesthetic attitude born out of a late eighteenth century reaction. To the Enlightenment, one stressing powerful feelings, originality, the individual response and a return to nature. {1} {2} {3} {4}. To repeat a previous simplification: Classicism. Or free-wheeling creations constructed of a language that largely points to itself ( Postmodernism. Or the Romantic emphasizes: {5} {6}. 1 emotion over reason. Of physics are inadequate to comprehend the world. Truth is beauty' (Keats). Imagi...

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New Formalism

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If the New Formalism was a reaction to the perceived failings of free verse — a slovenly technique, indifference to tradition, a self-centred 'anything goes' attitude — the promotion of an iambic cure brought its own problems. The narrowness of its aims, and the drum-beating of its followers, made New Formalism a somewhat blunting and wrong-footing movement, though there are still many excellent poets following its prescriptions. What Arthur Miller wrote on the appearance of The Formalist. But misgivings...

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poetry resources

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All that will change as readers demand value for money. Marketing has become enormously sophisticated — I am writing now as the Editor of a well-known site. How does all this affect the resource listings here? Poetry is also an intellectual activity, and calls on a great deal of material. On the poetry resources page. Is to be found general writer's resources, online libraries and dictionaries, guides to style, rhetoric and grammar, plus leading sites for philosophy, literary theory and criticism, poetry...

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classical poetry

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Classicism is a an aesthetic attitude deriving from the arts of ancient Greece and Rome, specifically an emphasis on simplicity, proportion, and restrained emotion. {1} {2} {3} {4}. In varying degrees, Classic, Classical or Classicism is used to denote:. 1 attitudes stemming from classical culture, particularly. Simplicity: less is more if carefully chosen and crafted. Clarity: depth achieved through surface transparency. Perfection: achieved through extended, painstaking craftsmanship. An essential part...

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textetc.com site plan

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Darío: autumn poem. Valéry: cimetière. Chanson du mal-aimé. Art as not autonomous. C John Holcombe About the Author. Copy 2007 2012 2013 2015. Material can be freely used for non-commercial purposes if cited in the usual way.