What is the Intentional Fallacy in New Criticism?

Defined by Wimsatt and Beardsley (1946), it holds that the author's intended meaning is neither available nor a valid criterion for judging a literary work.

What is the Affective Fallacy?

Also by Wimsatt and Beardsley (1949), it warns against judging a poem by the emotional effects it produces in the reader, which confuses the poem with its results.

UGC NET English — Paper II

New Criticism — UGC NET MCQs

Q: Who coined the term 'New Criticism'?

John Crowe Ransom coined the term in his 1941 book The New Criticism.

25 past-paper pattern questions across all 5 UGC NET question types: Direct MCQ, Assertion–Reason, Match the Following, Statement I & II, and Multi-Select. Covers Ransom, Richards, Brooks, Wimsatt & Beardsley, Empson, Eliot.

25 Questions5 Question TypesUGC NET PatternVerified Facts

New Criticism — UGC NET MCQs

Direct MCQ

1/25

Who coined the term 'New Criticism' as a label for this critical movement?

Continue Studying

← New Criticism Notes All 10 Theories →Structuralism MCQs →