Critical Perspectives on Eliot (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Objective correlative
Objective correlative
Expressing emotions through concrete images, not direct statements
F.R. Leavis on Prufrock
F.R. Leavis on Prufrock
Revolutionary; praised the 'ironic monologue' technique
I.A. Richards' view of Prufrock
I.A. Richards' view of Prufrock
Prototype of the modern neurotic with psychological paralysis
New Critics (1940s) approach
New Critics (1940s) approach
Close reading of text itself, separate from biographical context
Helen Gardner on 'Journey of the Magi'
Helen Gardner on 'Journey of the Magi'
Eliot's 'conversion poem' marking movement to Christian faith
Gilbert & Gubar feminist critique
Gilbert & Gubar feminist critique
Women objectified as fragmented body parts, not complete persons
Barry Spurr postcolonial reading
Barry Spurr postcolonial reading
Hollow Men has colonial dimensions; references Heart of Darkness
Craig Raine's defence of Eliot
Craig Raine's defence of Eliot
Irony critiques society's prejudices, doesn't endorse them
Leavis's term for Preludes & Rhapsody
Leavis's term for Preludes & Rhapsody
Urban vignettes capturing city life without sentimentality
Harold Bloom's postmodern critique
Harold Bloom's postmodern critique
Dismissed Eliot as overrated and excessively formal