LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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A term first used by literary theorists William Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley
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A term that suggests that a critic should study the structural and thematic elements of a poem rather than the effect it has on the emotions of the reader
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An important term in the field of New Historicism
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -affective fallacy, according to the followers of New Criticism, the misconception that arises from judging a poem by the emotional effect that it produces in the reader.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer:D. Q. The error of interpreting a literary work by referring to evidence outside of itself, such as the design and purpose of the author is called. 1. Affective fallacy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term was coined by W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley in 1949 as a principle of New Criticism which is often paired with their study of The Intentional Fallacy.
Detailed explanation-4: -An important concept in New Criticism, coined by Wimsatt and Beardsley in an essay in The Verbal Icon, Affective Fallacy refers to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader.