21st Cent Lit

• Principles of Literary Criticism


  Principles that help critics give a fair judgement on a literary work
• Principles of Literary Criticism

  • The Principle of Truth
  • The Principle of Symmetry
  • The Principle of Idealization
• The Principle of Truth


  Critics should try to find the general truth from a work of art
• Literary works


  • The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Where the Crawdad's Sing by Daisy Edgar Jones
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• The Principle of Symmetry


  The writer should select certain aspects of reality, and not all reality, and then, this material should be so arranged as to throw the selected aspects of reality in sharp relief
• As a critic and writers alike, they should be careful enough to parallel their ideas from the truth to the certain ideas of life
• The Principle of Symmetry


  • Means the right selection and arrangement of the subject-matter
  • It helps to evaluate the internal and external qualities of works of literature
  • The external qualities, i.e. the length of composition and form of composition
• Literary works


  • Hunger Games: The Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  • In Time by Andrew Niccol
• The Principle of Idealization


  • The writer should recreate the mental aspect of reality
  • There should be the right selection of reality
  • The proper selection of matter should give pleasure to the readers
• Literary works


  • Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol
• Appreciation of literature is too much personal. No two critics are alike. There are differences in their attitudes and perceptions. They do not give the same appreciation of a particular artistic work
• Poetry is a criticism of life and poetic truth is the representation of life
• Principles of Literary Criticism


  Principles that help critics give a fair judgement on a literary work
• Principles of Literary Criticism

  • The Principle of Truth
  • The Principle of Symmetry
  • The Principle of Idealization
• The Principle of Truth


  Critics should try to find the general truth from a work of art
• Literary works


  • The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Where the Crawdad's Sing by Daisy Edgar Jones
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• The Principle of Symmetry


  The writer should select certain aspects of reality, and not all reality, and then, this material should be so arranged as to throw the selected aspects of reality in sharp relief
• As a critic and writers alike, they should be careful enough to parallel their ideas from the truth to the certain ideas of life
• The Principle of Symmetry


  • Means the right selection and arrangement of the subject-matter
  • It helps to evaluate the internal and external qualities of works of literature
  • The external qualities, i.e. the length of composition and form of composition
• Literary works


  • Hunger Games: The Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  • In Time by Andrew Niccol
• The Principle of Idealization


  • The writer should recreate the mental aspect of reality
  • There should be the right selection of reality
  • The proper selection of matter should give pleasure to the readers
• Literary works


  • Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol
• Appreciation of literature is too much personal. No two critics are alike. There are differences in their attitudes and perceptions. They do not give the same appreciation of a particular artistic work
• Poetry is a criticism of life and poetic truth is the representation of life