a study on the text in anglo―american new criticism

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1、AStudyontheTextinAnglo―AmericanNewCriticism　　【Abstract】ThispaperaimstomakeasystematicstudyoftextinNewCriticism.Firstly，itexplorestheformationofthetext-centeredcharacteristicofNewCriticism.ThenthispaperpointsoutthatTensionisrankedasthemostoutstandingtheoryintermsoftextcom

2、position.Whenitcomestoanalyzeaspecifictext，“closereading”isrecommendedbytheNewCriticsasthebestway.　　【Keywords】text；NewCriticism；tension；closereading　　Thehistoricaldevelopmentandtheformationoftext-centeredliteraturecriticism　　From1920sto1950s，thisisanageofObjectiveorienta

3、tionwithAnglo-Americanasitsrepresentative.Thisobjectiveorientationwasjustbeginningtoemergeinthelateeighteenthandearlynineteenthcenturies.TheaimtoconsiderapoemasPoeexpressedit，isa“Poemperse….writtensolelyforthepoem’ssake”inisolationfromexternalcausescametoconstituteoneele

4、mentofthediversedoctrinesusuallyhuddledtogetherbyhistoriansundertheheading“ArtforArtsSake”.T.S.Eliot’sdictumof1928，thatwhenweareconsideringpoetrywemustconsideritprimarilyaspoetryandnotanotherthingiswidelyapproved，andthisidealisoftenjoinedwithMacheish’sverseaphorism，“Apoe

5、mshouldnotmeanbutbe”.　　InAbrams’opinion，theWestdidnotpayenoughattentiontothetextuntilthe1920s，whileonthewholeitistrue，itshouldbepointoutthattheprivilegeoftextdidnotcomeabruptlyinthetwentiethcentury，incontrast，itsorigincanbedatedbacktotheancientGreece.Aristotleisthefirstm

6、ostimportantfigurewhoadvocatesthattheartisticworksshouldbetakenasanorganicwhole.Aristotlestatesthatabeautifulobject，whetheritbealivingorganismoranywholecomposedofparts，mustnotonlyhaveanorderlyarrangementofparts，butmustalsobeofacertainmagnitude；forbeautydependsonmagnitude

7、andorder.Thisideaisverymuchinlinewiththeessentialmeaningof“text”whichimpliestexture，logicstructure，themulti-layeredstructurebetweensignsandsignifications（inLatin，textmeanstexere.）.Thelattercanbeinterpretedasarefinementorenrichmentofthe“organicwhole”theory.Thispointwasech

8、oedbyLessinginhisLaokooninwhichitstatedthatasatemporalart，poetrymaynotbeaseffectiveasspatialartssuchasp