The function of criticism by T.S. Eliot,b.a. sem-5

 The Function of criticism                            by                                            T.s.Eliot

Introduction

👉Criticism does not      necessarily imply "to find fault" , criticism is a    study,        evaluation                   and     interpretation of literature.     The goal is to understand the    possible  meaning       of work of art,through    criticism we understand     literary     work     in broader sense.

👉'The function of criticism'          is written by t.s.Eliot,was published in 1923. It was response to murry   who challenged      the ideas     of       Eliot presenter     in    his previous    work 'tradition & individual  talent' (1919) ,in his work 'romanticism & tradition".This  essay  has      been divided into 4parts.

👉4parts of the essay " function of criticism". 
1. Eliot's view on critic & critical work of art
2. Murray's views on romanticism & tradition & eliot's contradiction.
3.eliot's criticism of murry
4.relation of criticism with the creative work of art.
                            

       ➡️     T. S. Eliot 

👉Full name  - Thomas Stearns Eliot -T.S.Eliot

👉Born-1888
👉Died-1965

👉Winner of Noble prize -1948

👉T.S.Eliot one of the 20th century's major poet's,essayist,publisher, playwright and literary and social critic.

👉T.s.Eliot  is  a   central    figure    in    English language modernist poetry . (He is one of the giants of modern literature).

👉His poems:-  The    love   song   of                               j.Alfred prefrock,
                          The waste land,
                          The Hollow man,
                          Ash Wednesday .

👉His play:murder in the cathedral                        The cocktail party

👉Literary criticism - 'tradition & Individual Talent'.   

Art must be understood in the context of previous pieces of art.an artist or poet must be judged by the standards of the past .value of work of art must be viewed in the context of the artist previous work.good poems constitute "not a turning loose of emotion but  an escape from emotions.

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