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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" CREATIVE POWER CRITICAL POWER MORE THINGS BASED ON IDEAS EPOCHS GRAND WORK - GRAND WORK OF A LITERARY GENIUS IS A WORK OF SYNTHESIS AND EXPOSITION. WHAT'S HE TRYING TO PROVE? DISINTERESTEDNESS- "AND HOW IS CRITICISMTO SHOW DISINTERESTEDNESS? BY KEEPING ALOOF FROM PRACTICE; BYRESOLUTELY FOLLOWING THE LAW OF ITS OWN NATURE.." (18) Real Criticism- obeying an instinct to know the best that is known & thought in the world.(17) Matthew Arnold "ELEMENTS WITH WHICH THE CREATIVEPOWER WORKS ARE IDEAS; THE BEST IDEAS, ON EVERY MATTER WHICH LITERATURETOUCHES, CURRENT AT THE TIME; AT ANY RATE,WE MAY LAY IT DOWN AS CERTAIN THAT IN MODERN LITERATURE NO MANIFESTATIONOF THE CREATIVE POWER NOT WORKING WITH THESE CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT OR FRUITFUL (5) "IT IS THE BUSINESS OF THE CRITICAL POWER, AS I SAID IN THE WORDS ALREADY QUOTED, IN ALL BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE, THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, ART, SCIENCE, TO SEE THE OBJECT AS IT REALLY IS. (6) WHAT IS CRITICISM? BUT CRITICISM, REAL CRITICISM, IS ESSENTIALLY THE EXCERCISE OF THISVERY QUALITY; IT OBEYSAN INSTINCT PROMPTING ITTO TRY TO KNOW THE BESTTHAT IS KNOWN AND THOUGHTIN THE WORLD..."(16) EPOCHS OF CONCENTRATION EPOCHS OF CONCENTRATION There is not a lot of creativitygoing on during these periods,much more focused on practical and rational matters. Ex: England post French Revolution EPOCHS OF EXPANSION Arnold describes these periods as following right after epochs of concentration. They are periods in which intellectual curiosity and freedom are expanding. ARNOLD IS STRIVING TO PORTRAY A NEW IMAGE OF THE CRITICON THE SAME LEVEL WITH THE PHILOSOPHER IN TERMSOF GENERATING NEW AND FRESH IDEAS AND CONCEPTS. double click to change this title text! OTHER KEY CONCEPTS EXPLAINED Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Matthew_Arnold.jpgWorks cited: Matthew Arnold. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Essays in Criticism
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