Poe the Critic

2018 ◽  
pp. 443-461
Author(s):  
Paul Hurh
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Literary Reputation ◽  
New Form ◽  
Print Reading ◽  
Periodical Publishing ◽  
Popular Audience ◽  
Textual Form

Edgar Allan Poe’s literary reputation was founded upon his sarcastic and negative reviews of current books. While Poe’s reviews have been studied for insights into his literary theory and his relation to the culture of periodical publishing, they have rarely been considered as literary works themselves. This essay analyzes the structure and tone of Poe’s earliest “tomahawk”-style reviews in The Southern Literary Messenger and finds that they innovate a new tone of sarcasm, which Poe referred to as “quizzing,” through the adaptation of a primarily textual form of irony. By making fun of prefaces, plots, and grammar, Poe employs a new form of humor that capitalizes on the emergence of print reading as mass culture. Such humor severs letter from spirit not only for the sake of criticism but also to open the practice and pleasure of critical judgment to a popular audience.

scholarly journals TEORI HARMONI PENGANTAR KAJIAN SASTRA BERBASIS KONSTITUSI

Paramasastra ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aprinus Salam
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
The West ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Safe Condition

Literary studies can not be separated from the literary theory initiated and developed by “Western” scholars. Indonesian Literature also refers to these theories in interpreting and explaining literary works. This paper intends to ask the historical contextuality and the theoretical independence of Indonesian literature as a nation that has a historicity different from the West. The main offer in this paper is the importance of a theory called the theory of harmony-constitution. The important objectives of the theoretical point of view of the theory of harmony-the constitution are 1) all efforts to build an independent society and social justice, 2) a happy and safe condition, and hence the freedom that has been achieved should always encourage unity, sovereignty and prosperity, and 3) the acknowledgment “on the blessings of almighty God and by the noble driven.” Methodologically, the theory of harmony-constitution is based on semantics. This theory can be used to analyze social and cultural issues, but in the case of this paper will be tested to study literary works, especially the poetry of Chairil Anwar.

Domestic Appropriation of Chinese Literature in Europe

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Shunqing Cao ◽  
Zhoukun Han
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Local Theory ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
European Literature ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Part ◽  
Cultural Rules

In this article, it is argued that in the process of cultural transfer, literary translation and reception, the recipient will often transform the cultural rules and literary discourse in the original texts to make them fit the rules and discourse of the recipient reader/audience to target the taste of new readers. This phenomenon, which we call literary ‘domestic appropriation’, is a kind of transformation on a deeper level. Domestic appropriation is what can we get from literary variation, and it is the core part of variation studies. In cultural and literary exchange and dialogue between Chinese and European cultures, it occurs in both literary works and literary theory. History has witnessed how Chinese literary works are translated and introduced to Europe, in the process becoming an integral part of the canon of European literature. Chinese literary theory, when interpreted by European theorists, blends with local theory and furnishes new perspectives.

scholarly journals RESEPSI PEMBACA TERHADAP TJERITA NJAI DASIMA (Reader Reception toward Tjerita Njai Dasima)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Yulitin Sungkowati
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Musical Drama ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
New Era ◽  
Social Critic ◽  
Reader Reception ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Film Series

Tulisan ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan bentuk dan perubahan resepsi pembaca terhadap Tjerita Njai Dasima dengan teori resepsi sastra dan metode resepsi diakronis. Penelitian ini menghasilkan temuan bahwa sejak era kolonial hingga era reformasi Tjerita Njai Dasima telah mendapat tanggapan berupa karya-karya baru dalam bentuk puisi, prosa, teks drama, skenario film, film, sinetron, dan drama musikal. Perubahan resepsi terjadi dari generasi ke generasi seiring dengan perubahan zaman dan perubahan horison harapan pembacanya. Resepsi pada masa sebelum kemerdekaan menunjukkan ideologi prokolonial dan pada era awal kemerdekaan sebaliknya, antikolonial. Resepsi pembaca yang muncul di era Orde Baru berisi kritik sosial terhadap pembangunan dan di era reformasi memperlihatkan semangat pluralisme dan kebebasan.Abstract:This paper is aimed  at  describing the  form and the change reader reception  toward Tjerita Njai Dasima by using reception of literary theory and diachronic reception method. This research  revealed that since colonial period until reformation period, Tjerita Njai Dasima got appreciation  in the form of new literary works such as poem, prose, drama text, film scenario, film, series, and musical drama. The change of reception  can be seen  from generation to generation, together with the development  and reader ’s horizon  expectation. The reception before indepen- dence showed procolonial ideology. While,  in the early independence period tended to be  antico- lonial. Reader reception emerged  in the new era period showed  social critic toward development, while  in the reformation period was  in the form of  spirit of pluralism and freedom.

scholarly journals КРИЗИС ВИКТИМНОЙ ПАРАДИГМЫ (СЛУЧАЙ НОВЕЙШЕЙ РУССКО-ИЗРАИЛЬСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ)

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
Roman Kacman
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works ◽  
New Form ◽  
Generative Anthropology ◽  
Modern Russian

The article describes a victimological paradigm in modern Russian-Israeli literature. The proposed opposition present in the two notions i.e. victim–victimizer is based on Eric Gans’s generative anthropology. The dynamics and possibilities of new form of victimological paradigm are analysed on the basis of chosen literary works in new Russian-Israeli literature.

scholarly journals RELASI ANTARTEKS DALAM PENGKAJIAN SASTRA

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumiyadi Sumiyadi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Textual Studies ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Difference

Abstrak Relasi Antarteks dalam Pengkajian Sastra. Relasi antarteks terdapat dalam karya sastra yang di dalamnya membayangkan teks lain. Dalam mengkaji teks demikian, kita biasanya langsung mengkaitkannya dengan konsep intertekstual, padahal konsep tersebut berkaitan dengan teori pascastruktural sehingga dalam pengkajiannya, kita harus mengikuti prinsip-prinsip pascastrukturalisme. Relasi teks juga mensyaratkan kita untuk melakukan kajian bandingan, yang dalam kajian sastra dapat menggunakan konsep sastra bandingan. Kajian sastra bandingan tidak berkaitan dengan salah satu teori. Bahkan, teori apapum dapat dimanfaatkan untuk kepentingan sastra bandingan. Sehubungan dengan relasi teks dalam dunia sastra merupakan fenomena menarik, kemungkinan banyak pihak atau peneliti yang tertarik untuk mengkajinya. Oleh sebab itu, diperlukan landasan teori sastra yang kukuh dan relevan sehingga menghsilkan kajian sastra yang bermakna dengan kadar ilmiah yang dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Penegasan ciri pembeda antara prinsip kajian sastra bandingan dan prinsip kajian intertekstual dalam tulisan ini merupakan upaya ke arah pengkajian sastra yang demikian.Kata kunci: teks, intertekstual, pascastruktural, sastra bandingan   Abstract Inter-textual Relation in Literary Studies. Inter-texts relation exista in literary works; one work shadows the other. In studying such texts we often immediately link them with the concept of intertextuality that belongs to post-structuralism. Texts relation also requires us to compare literary works using comparative literary study concepts. Comparative literary studies are not related with one specific theory. Any theory can be employed. Texts relation is an iteresting phenomenon that invites many to investigate. For this reason we need a grounded and relevant literary theory that will facilitate insightful and reliable literary studies. The difference between comparative literature principles and inter-textual studies principles are discussed in the article. Keywords: texts, intertextuality, post-structuralism, comparative literature.

The Star System in Literary Studies

PMLA ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Shumway
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Star System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Form ◽  
The One ◽  
Studio Era

A new form of intellectual authority and professional status has emerged in literary studies since the 1970s. Although some scholars have always been more influential and famous than others, only recently have such scholars been constructed as stars in the media and in the profession. This star system, similar to the one that flourished in studio-era Hollywood, makes leading scholars into personalities. It is related to the growth of the conference and lecture circuit and to the rise of literary theory. Although this system does not necessarily reward the wrong people, it does contribute to the public delegitimation of the discipline.

scholarly journals The quest for a successful book-to-series adaptation in the times of SVOD — using the examples of “The Handmaid’s Tale and Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Joanna Szydełko
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Margaret Atwood ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Video On Demand ◽  
Streaming Video ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Entertainment Television ◽  
The Times

A fascinating factor of so-called mass culture is the ability to adapt to society and its needs. The same pattern seems to be followed by the film industry, as it has been influenced by other branches of entertainment, television included. These are SVODs (Streaming Video on Demand platforms), which offer a growing number of screen adaptations of literary works. The following paper aims to analyse some criteria upon which book-to-series adaptations might be regarded as successful, using examples from The Handmaid’s Tale and Alias Grace.Produced respectively by Hulu and CBC, both based on books by the Canadian female writer Margaret Atwood, the analysed shows confirm that the audience is more inclined to watch (and read) an intertextual production that often reflects and comments on contemporary political and social reality.

scholarly journals O egzystencji w dziele literackim i o egzystencji dzieła

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Wachowski
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Output

The concept of existence is rooted in (at least) two traditions: philosophical and literary theory. This does not mean, however, that it means the same for both fields. The first tradition is wide ranging because it includes diverse – physical, emotional and spiritual (as well as intellectual) – aspects of being. The second tradition is narrow and it closely refers to literary output. Literary existence – which is based on physical reality – is permanently separated from it. Literature refers to the representation and imagination of the world, not to the empirical experience of physical reality. In addition, literature does not apply the categories of truth and falsehood that we know from social reality (because literary existence stands, beyond the assertion). It is also imprisoned in genology – inscribed in the genre. Literary existence has more to do with poetry, style, artistic convention than what philosophers are examining. Sometimes great literary works deal with great philosophical problems, but sometimes do not and it do not detract from their artistic nature. Both of these tradition – literary and philosophical – however, have many common places, require careful study and analysis. The article is an attempt to show these places and characterize their features.

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