No Compromise In Defense Of Mother Earth!

For those of you who have not seen me, Emily and Amanda’s presentation on New-Criticism, here it is!!!

NewCriticism

Enjoy!

The following is out lesson plan.. The only thing that needs to be changed (it is not quite completed yet), is how long each part will last!

1.Objectives:

The following are five objectives that we (Jessica M., Emily T.L, Amanda L) would like to reach. If these objectives are reached, then we have successfully presented the information to our classmates.

• Students will have an understanding of the history of new criticism

• Students will be able to form a clear definition of what new criticism is, as well as have a knowledge of it’s components.

• Students will have an overall understanding of the main ideas and theories from some of the leading personalities of this concept

• Students will be able to differentiate between what are and what aren’t components of new criticism

• Students will be capable in identifying the flaws in new criticism

2.Resources:

The following are resources that we will need the day of our presentation.

• A computer
• Our PowerPoint presentation
• A projector
• Our notes
• Our “dummies guide” handout
• A text handout
• A television
• A video

3.Methodology:

The firs thing we will do is hand out “Dummies Guides” to our classmates. The following is the breakdown of what we will be presenting and how long it will take.

1- A brief history

• Will be approximately 2 minutes

• Will cover when New Criticism started being used and how it came to be

2- An explanation of what new criticism is

• Approximately 10 minutes

• Will cover a series of definitions on what New Criticism is

• Will cover several components that are used in New Criticism

• Students will be asked questions on the components

3- What it isn’t

• Approximately 3 minutes

• Will cover the components that must not be used in new criticism

4- Flaws in new criticism

• Approximately 2 minutes

• Will go over some of the flaws that conflict with “the system”

5- Leading figures

• Approximately 20 minutes

• Will go over information on 4 different leading figures of New Criticism

• Will include some of their theories and explorations on the topic

• Students will be asked questions to demonstrate their understanding

• Students will be shown a video explaining affective and intentional fallacies

• Students will be asked to summarize what these fallacies are

6- An example of how to deconstruct a text using New Criticism

• Approximately 10 minutes

• Will show students a text and use the elements of New Criticism to analyze it

7- Activity

• The students will be handed lines from a poem and asked to analyze them using the components of New Criticism as well as their “Dummies Guides”

4. Evaluation:

The following is an explanation of how we will know if we have reached our four objectives.

• Students will be able to come up with their own definition of what new criticism is

• Students will have an understanding and will be able to apply the different components of new criticism to a text

• Students will be able to identify some of the leading figures of New Criticism as well as some of their theories

• Students will be able to answer questions that we ask them

The following is my bibliography for my part of the New Criticism project!

Bibliography

John Crowe Ransom

Quinlan, K (1999). John Crowe Ransom’s life and career. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from Department of English Web site: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/ransom/life.htm

BOTijo , (2008,08,15). John Crowe Ransom. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crowe_Ransom

(1997-2008). John Crowe Ransom. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from Poets.org Web site: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/12

(2008). Ransom, John Crowe. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from enotes.com Web site: http://www.enotes.com/poetry-criticism/ransom-john-crowe

(2008). John Crowe Ransom. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from Answers.com Web site: http://www.answers.com/topic/john-crowe-ransom

I.A Richards

Lamoureux, E.L (2007,09,11). I.A Richards. Retrieved September 6, 2008, from Rhetorical Resources Web site: http://bradley.bradley.edu/~ell/iarichar.html

138.237.148.64, (2008, 09,10). I. A Richards. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Armstrong_Richards

William Kurtz Wimsatt

Jr Zenohockey , (2008, 05, 17). William Kurtz Wimsatt, Jr. Retrieved September 6, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kurtz_Wimsatt,_Jr.

Beardsley

Lost, D (2008,03,13 ). Monroe Beardsley. Retrieved September 15, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Beardsley

Philosophy. Retrieved September 6, 2008, from UEN Web site: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourElement.cgi?element_id=38207&tour_id=18706&category_id=30556

Affective & Intentional Fallacies

Gregbard , (2007, 12, 6). Affective Fallacy. Retrieved September 7, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_fallacy

WhatamIdoing, (2008, 08, 12). Intentional fallacy. Retrieved September 7, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_fallacy