Practical criticism in perspective: A journey from Cambridge to Reading

The phenomenon of practical criticism is central to the subject of English at all levels and this article explores the personal journey of a student who became a teacher but who then took another five years to gain sufficient perspective to see practical criticism in context. This article explores t...

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Published in:English teaching : practice and critique 2006-12, Vol.5 (3), p.161
Main Author: Morris, Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
College English
College students
Colleges & universities
Critical Reading
English Curriculum
English Instruction
English literature
Experiments
Literary Criticism
Reader Response
Readers
Reading
Reading Improvement
Reflection
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:The phenomenon of practical criticism is central to the subject of English at all levels and this article explores the personal journey of a student who became a teacher but who then took another five years to gain sufficient perspective to see practical criticism in context. This article explores the different interpretations of I. A. Richards' experiment in reading and puts them in a historical and literary perspective, moving from Richards, to Leavis, to New Criticism, finally offering Reader Response theory as an enabling, inspiring and more balanced way of constructing the dynamic between texts, readers and teachers.
ISSN:2059-5727
1175-8708