HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM

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Aristotle and Plato

Classical philosophers

4th century

what century aristotle wrote his POETICS.

MIMESIS and CATHARSIS

Aristotle wrote his POETICS

   Medieval period

focuses on religious texts.

Renaissance criticism

developed classic’s unity of form and content

neoclassicism

·        which define literature reflects the culture.

Lodovic castelvetro

was the famous critic of the Renaissance.

the Enlightenment period (1700-1800)

   the literary criticism became popular.

Romantic criticism

introduced new aesthetic ideas to literary studies

The New Criticism

entirely took a new direction in which close reading of text, discussion on author intention and readers response are considered.