Practical and New Criticism

*Stylistics explores how readers interact with the language of text in order to explain how we understand and are affected by text when we read them.

*Grew up in the 2^nd half of the 20^th century as a logical extension of ‘movement’ within Literary Criticism to concentrate on studying texts rather than authors. This approach is called Practical Criticism.

*As Practical Criticism dawned in Britain a new movement also rouse in United States and called New Criticism

Practical Criticism	New Criticism
Originated in Britain	Originated in United States
Focuses on psychological aspects in a reader interacting with a literary piece	Focused exclusively on the description of literary works as independent aesthetic object
Emphasis on the language of the text rather than its author	Emphasis on the aesthetic structure of the work
Assumes that what critics needed was accounts of important works of literature bases on the intuitional reading outcomes of trained and aesthetically sensitive critics	Pay attention to the internal characteristics of the text itself and dissuades external evidence
Critics did not analyse the language of texts but rather paid very close attention to the language of the text when they read them and them described how they understood them and were they affected by them	Uses formal aspects as rhythm, meter, theme, imagery, metaphor, etc. The interpretation of a text shows that these aspects serve to support the structure of meaning within the text.
Advocates “claim and quote” approach to criticism	Same