Who coined the term 'New Criticism'?

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

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

25 past-paper pattern questions going beyond Ransom/Richards/Brooks/Wimsatt — F.R. Leavis’s Scrutiny, R.S. Crane’s Chicago School, Yvor Winters, and the Southern Agrarians.

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F.R. Leavis's journal Scrutiny (1932–1953) and his book The Great Tradition (1948) represent:

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