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The Beginning's of - For Dummies J A Modified Version of R. L. McGuire's Passionate Attention: an introduction to . Literature and criticism Authors basic assumption of a book- the reading and the study of literature cannot and do not take place outside the conte ....

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.... For example in the critical analysis of a poem the reader might look for the connections between words, stanzas, structure and ideas. The four basic approaches to literary criticism are: 1) the mimetic 2) the pragmatic 3) the expressive 4) the objective Mimetic approach- describes the relationship of the literary work to the world or the universe in which the work was conceived or being read. Pragmatic approach- describes the effects of the work on its audience. Expressive approach- proposes the study of the relationship of the work to the writer: biographical, psychological, history, culture. Objective approach- is that which s ....