WEEK 9 QUESTIONS ON ANGLO-AMERICAN MODERNIST VIEWS ON THE READER

Matthew Arnold "The Function of Criticism":
  1. What is the goal of criticism?  What does it seek to establish?
  2. Which, according to Arnold, is superior: creative writing or criticism?  Why?
  3. What, according to Arnold, the key quality which ought to be cultivated in the critic?  How does he define it exactly?  What reward does it bring?
  4. What, according to Arnold, is the "bane" of criticism in England?
  5. How are Arnold's views similar to Pope's and Kant's?
  6. In what sense is Arnold's model of criticism, although concerned with the reader, not a 'pragmatic' one per se?

Richards on Obstacles to Objectivity in Criticism
  1. What, according to Richards, are the four basic ‘kinds of meaning’ to be found in any statement?
  2. What is, according to Richards, the cause of misunderstanding?
  3. What, according to Richards, is the difference between poetic and other kinds of statements?