LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Affective Fallacy
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Intentional Fallacy
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Practical Fallacy
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the critical concepts of New Criticism, “Intentional Fallacy” was formulated by Wimsatt and Beardsley in an essay in The Verbal Icon (1946) as the mistake of attempting to understand the author’s intentions when interpreting a literary work.
Detailed explanation-2: -intentional fallacy, term used in 20th-century literary criticism to describe the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it. Introduced by W.K. Wimsatt, Jr., and Monroe C.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Kurtz Wimsatt (1907 – 75) and Monroe Curtis Beardsley (1915 – 85) are best known for their co-authorship of “The intentional fallacy” and “The affective fallacy, ” essays that articulate what have come to be considered the fundamental tenets of the American New Criticism.