Origin of literary Criticism

                                                       

       ORIGIN OF LITERARY CRITICISM ?

The origin of literary criticism may be traced back to ancient Greek culture and art . Literary criticism is the vast and veried field which covers a number of different activities . In its limited dende it  refers to the analysis and interpretation of test . In its wider application it is conserm with the nature and function of literature including scholarly interpretation , Evaluation Judgement priscriptive criticism , Literary History and literary theory .

The History of literary criticism has a large time span of more than two thousand years and it includes pioneering critics and their ideas as well as critical movements . The Origin of literary criticism may be traced back to ancient Greek culture and art . The Greek poetry of Homer and Hesiod provided the neccesory background and impetus to the growth of classical criticism . The Poetry of this ancient period was regarded to be both composer Greek philosopher Plato expressed his views about poetry and that was the earliest instance of literary criticism . His Decycle Aristotle in his poetics offered for the first time a well organized description of literary forms , Their nature and function . It set standard for criticism was often religious in its focus

In Succeding periods literary criticism either renewed the classical norms and notions like objectivity unity , Coherence order , grandure , nobility and Diction like neoclasism did . Romanticism challenged them in its insistence on subjectivity freedom from norms . Imagination and expression of emotions . In the Mordan period especially during 19^th century and 20^th century criticism developed in many different directions . Critic interested in the tradition , Historical , moral and biographical approaches revised the theoretical frame works of historical moral approaches and examined literary frame work . But new critic criticism moved away from these traditional frame work and became increasingly objective practical and texual which is the modern practidancy of literary criticism .

 

functions of literary criticism

  Explain the Nature and Function of Literary Criticism ?

                                                                                         

   What is the function of literary criticism ?

What is the nature of literary criticism ? Explain your opinions.

 

            It is very difficult to defined literary criticism one cannot may very simple and clear to definable criticism . Literary criticism is an opinion on a literary calculating books . It is the Art of Estimate | ˈestɪmət | qualities and characteristics of literary or Artistic work . It is Concerned | kənˈsərnd | with the function of a critic . In fact literary criticism is a journey of exploration into the nature literature's in all its variety .

        Literary criticism studied Prose , Poetry , Drama , Novel , Short story etc . But the last word never said in literary criticism . There are various types of criticism about one Particular | pə(r)ˈtikyələr |literary work and journey of Exploration | ˌekspləˈrāSHən |. Therefore the journey of literary criticism has no ending because there are more and more books , And critics available in are world . Every day number of books are published and there are people to study them . Thus the literary criticism is the art of Judging literature . Literature is interested in life and personality in one of the chief fact of life . The main object of literary criticism is Analysis | əˈnaləsis | , Interpretation | inˌtərpriˈtāSHən| , and Evaluation | ɪˌvaljʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n | of work of literary art . Literary criticism has two major function's to perform one of interpretation and other judgment | dʒʌdʒmənt | . The history of criticism shows that these two functions were combined till recent times .

 

» Interpretation | inˌtərpriˈtāSHən | :-

                    »  Analysis | əˈnaləsis | and interpretation means to understanding the literature it helps as to understand the Creative powers used by the writer . A majority of critics have used interpretation as a means to reach Judgment which they have thought to be the real end of criticism . These two functions have been separated in modern criticism as it interpretation or exposition .

Judgment :-

               Judgment means explain unfolding and informative these Aspect | æspekt |of the content of literary piece . Hare the primary concern | kənˈsɜ:n | of a literary critics is to know the books and to helps the reader know it . He need to pass any definite judgment upon is based on his own taste or any organized body of critical opinions . The history of criticism shows that this two function there combined till recent times . A majority of critics have used interpretation as means to reach a Judgment which they have thought to be the real criticism . These two function have been separated in modern criticism as it's maintained that the critic duty is not judgment but only Interpretation or exposition . In these way the chief function of literary criticism are evaluation , Interpretation , Explanation .