Difference between Theoretical and Practical Criticism
- 1. Difference between Practical and Theoretical Criticism Hema Goswami Sem -1 Paper -3 Literary theory and criticism-western-1 Submitted to Department of English MKBU Enrollment no. 2069108420180020 Roll no. 15 Email id- hemagoswami474@gmail.com Year 2017-2019
- 3. Theoretical criticism • Examines literary work in the light of certain theories • Uses a text as a support • Meaningfulness of a theory
- 4. Practical criticism • It is relatively a young discipline. •Began in 1920s •Started by I.A Richards, the Cambridge critic. •Close analysis of text.
- 5. William Empson Seven types of Ambiguity Most influential student Profound impact on New criticism
- 6. PRACTICAL CRITICISM Experimental Also called applied criticism THEORETICAL CRITICISM It is not experimental It is opposite of applied criticism Display world-to-mind Display mind-to-world It represent the world as being a certain way It represent the world as to be made a certain way
- 7. Use of DOF to elaborate ‘mind to world’ and ‘world to mind’ • DOF- direction of fit • Practical and theoretical criticism displays different directions of fit.
- 8. DOF in Theoretical Criticism • Beliefs have a ‘mind to world’ DOF(direction of fit) • They aim at fitting the world, at being true. Display mind-to-world
- 9. DOF in Practical Criticism • Desires, on the other hand have ‘world to mind’ DOF(direction of fit) • They aim to change the world to fit the desires and not vice versa. Display world-to-mind
- 10. The two content analysis Indicative speech • Theoretical criticism displays logical properties as an indicative speech. • Example- ‘The kitchen door is shut’ • In the above example someone is making an assertion. Imperative speech • Practical criticism displays logical properties as an imperative speech. • Example- ‘Shut the kitchen door’ • In the above example someone is giving command
- 12. Reference • http://www.averyarcher.com/Pratical_vs_The oretical_Attitudes__Display_Copy_.pdf • https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/classroom/pra crit.htm • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/theoretical +criticism