Definition of Literary Criticism
What is
the definition of literary criticism ?Mathew Arnold :- According to him
" Criticism
is disinterested [ dɪsˈɪntrəstɪd ] endear [ɪnˈdɪə(r)] to learn and
propagate
[ prɒpəgeɪt ] the best that is know and thought in the
world "
.
Schreiber :- According to him
"
Literary
criticism is an journey of exploration into the Nature of literature in all its
variety ,
The
journey of literary criticism has no ends " .
Literary criticism is a journey of exploration into
the nature of literature , in all its forms that enable us , to begin with to
distinguish between a good book's and bad book's . Literary criticism that
helps every reader to become a good critic of literature . Literary criticism
has practical application because it often deals directly with individual
literary works .
In
his characteristic style Alexander Pope writes about the criticism
" Let
such teach others who themselves excel and censure freely who have written well
"
