Impressionistic Criticism Definitions.
1. Impressionistic criticism is the personal response that a piece of work evokes and how the work affects the critic.
2. Impressionistic criticism is concerned with the interaction of the text and the individual.
3. A kind of criticism that tries to convey what the critic subjectively feels and thinks about a work of art.
4. It is the difference between subjectivity and objectivity. The difference between reality and how you feel.

SLIDE 1
What Is…

Impressionistic Criticism is what happens when a critic is reading a piece of work and critiques it on how he or she is feeling instead of making a general statement.
If you choose to be an impressionistic critic you are your own audience.
By using your senses you are truly an impressionistic critic.

SLIDE 2

The Difference …

Impressionistic Criticism is the difference between reality and what you think, the difference between objectivity and subjectivity.
An example of objectivity would be this background is pink with dots. We can all see and agree that this background is pink with spots.
An example of subjectivity would be this background is beautiful. I think it is beautiful but some of you may not.

SLIDE 4
To Conclude …

There are different definitions of impressionistic criticism but they all mean the same thing.

Impressionistic Criticism is how you feel about a piece of work.

http://www.answers.com/topic/impressionism-literature
Another theory of criticism that studies the work in relation to the audience includes Impressionistic Criticism. Like reader-response criticism, impressionistic criticism is concerned with the interaction of the text and the individual. However, impressionistic criticism differs from reader-response criticism in one very important way. Impressionistic criticism’s audience is the critic him or herself. Therefore, the main focus of the impressionistic critic is on the personal responses that the work evokes and how the work affects him or her.

http://literaryexplorer.blondelibrarian.net/crit.html

Impressionistic criticism:
A kind of criticism that tries to convey what the critic subjectively feels and thinks about a work of art.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/Impressionistic_criticism.html

In the 1830s and 1840s, Romantic, impressionistic criticism was becoming increasingly common, but it was tempered by the growing influence in America of German criticism as reflected in the writings of Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in England; it strove to include both the analytical and the impressionistic and was supposed to achieve a balance between the two extremes.

http://www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/knickerbocker-group

New Critics wanted to avoid impressionistic criticism, which risked being shallow and arbitrary,
and social/ historical approaches which might easily be subsumed by other disciplines. Thus, they
attempted to systematize the study of literature, to develop an approach which was centered on the
rigorous study of the text itself.

http://www.fortunecity.com/boozers/volunteer/254/Literary_Criticism.htm

And realizing that most of such impressionistic criticism is irrelevant to the music it purports to elucidate, modern theoreticians have tried to insure relevance by banning imaginative fantasies and insisting that the critic talk of nothing but the music itself. The idea is that the critic attend strictly to the score at hand and engage in rigorous technical analysis, eschewing all else except perhaps historical considerations or comparison with other musical works.

http://denisdutton.com/criticism_and_method.htm

In point of fact it may turn out that the melodramatic story of the impressionistic critic, which is obviously irrelevant to music in the ordinary non-critical sense, does more to help us understand the work and, perhaps ironically, is therefore relevant in the sense desired by criticism.

http://denisdutton.com/criticism_and_method.htm

For Wimsatt, as for all the New Critics, such impressionistic approaches pose both practical and theoretical problems. In practical terms, it makes reliable comparisons of different critics difficult, if not irrelevant. In this light, the affective fallacy ran afoul of the New Critics’ desire to place literary criticism on a more objective and principled basis. On the theoretical plane, the critical approach denoted as affective fallacy was fundamentally unsound because it denied the iconicity of the literary text. New Critical theorists stressed the unique nature of poetic language, and they asserted that–in view of this uniqueness–the role of the critic is to study and elucidate the thematic and stylistic “language” of each text on its own terms, without primary reference to an outside context, whether of history, biography, or reader-response.
In practice, Wimsatt and the other New Critics were less stringent in their application of the theory than in their theoretical pronouncements. Wimsatt admitted the appropriateness of commenting on emotional effects as an entry into a text, as long as those effects were not made the focus of analysis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_fallacy

Dubos recognizes differences in the arts conditioned by their symbols of expression; but he compares and rates the arts according to their effect upon the senses, and so prepares the way for a purely impressionistic criticism. Burke did not agree with the Frenchman’s ratings, nor did he in any manner imitate his book, however much he respected it; but he was in substantial agreement with Dubos as to the operation of æsthetic causes; and just as Dubos saw in the desire of the mind to be stimulated by something the prime motive for interest in the arts, Burke found in two of our strongest passions, love and terror, a definition of the chief ends of artistic endeavor, the beautiful and the sublime. 2 Burke was not much affected by painting. This art, the aim of which is to represent the beautiful, has, he says, little effect on our passions. But poetry, to which he was sensitive, and which, he holds, does not depend for its effect upon the power of raising sensible images, is capable of stirring the passions with a vague sense of the sublime, and is, strictly speaking, not an art of imitation.

http://www.bartleby.com/60/174.html

Focus: What do you want to accomplish in this class or during this year?

1. I want to be able to obtain at least a 75% average this year, so that I have a better chance of getting into University.
2. I would like to complete the AP exam with at least a level 4.
3. I would like to take my law class and come out with a 70% in that class.

Contributions: What contributions will you make to this class or to the school this year?

1. I will have my homework done and on time every day.
2. I will study hard and long if need be to better my knowledge on the topic I am learning.
3. I will be attentive and respectful in class with my teachers and my peers.

Accountabilities: For what will you be held responsible?

1. I will be responsible to come to school every day.
2. I will be responsible to do my homework, so I am able to hand it in, completed, on the day it is due.
3. I will be responsible to get any missed work if I am not at school the day before.
4. I will be responsible to be attentive and interested in class therefore not much studying is needed.

Supports: What help, and from whom, will you need in order to achieve your accountabilities?

1. I will need support from my cousins to keep me wanting to go to school.
2. I will need support from my parents to help me when I am in a rut for homework.
3. I will need my teachers to make class as enjoyable as possible, also to make the classroom a safe and positive environment.
4. I will need support from my friends to keep my day a good day and an enjoyable day.

Measurements: How will you know what success looks like?

1. I will know I have succeeded when I achieve all of my goals.
2. I will know what success looks like when I get an assignment back and it has received a level 3-4.
3. I will know what success looks like when I can see my whole life coming together and getting ready for University with the good marks I have received.
4. Finally I will know what success looks like when I feel proud of what I have accomplished.

Consequences: How should you be rewarded if you succeed? How should you be punished?

1. When I have succeeded the only reward I will enjoy is the fact that I know what I have accomplished and that I feel I can do anything and go anywhere in life.
2. If I do not succeed in coming to school every day I deserve whatever the teacher and the principal decide to give me, whether it be detentions or suspensions.
3. If I do not complete my work on time I deserve to have a level taken off for every day it is late.

i love you much(most beautiful darling)

i love you much(most beautiful darling)

more than anyone on the earth and i
like you better than everything in the sky

-sunlight and singing welcome your coming

although winter may be everywhere
with such a silence and such a darkness
no one can quite begin to guess

(except my life)the true time of year-

and if what calls itself a world should have
the luck to hear such singing(or glimpse such
sunlight as will leap higher than high
through gayer than gayest someone’s heart at your each

nearness)everyone certainly would(my
most beautiful darling)believe in nothing but love

We like this poem because he is talking to a girl. A girl that obviously means more than life itself, to him. E.E Cummings is telling this girl that no matter how crappy the day or season is he will always feel happy and good because of her. This is a very romantic and loving poem that warms our heart.

the boys i mean are not refined

the boys i mean are not refined
they go with girls who buck and bite
they do not give a fuck for luck
they hump them thirteen times a night

one hangs a hat upon her tit
one carves a cross on her behind
they do not give a shit for wit
the boys i mean are not refined

they come with girls who bite and buck
who cannot read and cannot write
who laugh like they would fall apart
and masturbate with dynamite

the boys i mean are not refined
they cannot chat of that and this
they do not give a fart for art
they kill like you would take a piss

they speak whatever’s on their mind
they do whatever’s in their pants
the boys i mean are not refined
they shake the mountains when they dance

We like this poem because all of the other poems on the list that we read were all about love and loss, about seriousness, but when we read this poem it told the truth but in a very comical way. This poem made us laugh, in a comical and serious way which is a good balance.

it may not always be so; and i say

it may not always be so;and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another’s,and your dear strong fingers clutch
his heart,as mine in time not far away;
if on another’s face your sweet hair lay
in such a silence as i know,or such
great writhing words as,uttering overmuch,
stand helplessly before the spirit at bay;

if this should be,i say if this should be-
you of my heart,send me a little word;
that i may go unto him,and take his hands,
saying,Accept all happiness from me.
Then shall i turn my face,and hear one bird
sing terribly afar in the lost lands.

We like this poem because he is saying that if and when his love leaves him he wants her to tell him. He wants to know that his love is happy. He is saying that when she speaks the words he dreads he will go to the other man and wish him the ever happiness. He wants to be happy but as long as she is happy he is. We like this because instead of being mad and upset he applauds her happiness. We enjoy the fact that a man is able to be that strong to make a woman happy before himself.

2 little whos

2 little whos
(he and she)
under are this
wonderful tree

smiling stand
(all realms of where
and when beyond)
now and here

(far from a grown
-up i&you-
ful world of known)
who and who

(2 little ams
and over them this
aflame with dreams
incredible is)

I like this poem because it is small, concise and straight to the point, and yet still makes you think. At first when he said 2 little who’s, I thought of two little people out of the Grinch. After reading the whole poem it made me think about whether he is talking about two young people or maybe just two people that seem not to matter in life. I like this poem because it makes you think, which is exactly what poems should do, they should make you think about what the true meaning is.

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill’s
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeons justlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what I want to know is
how do you like your blue-eyed boy
Mister Death

I like this poem because at first I didn’t undertsnad what it meant but after I took time to understand it, it is talking about a man who has died. This man “Buffalo Bill” was a cool guy, he rode a beautifull horse and was able to shoot pigeons like it was a way of life. This poem made me laugh at first then it made me think then it made me a little upset. This is not the same as a lot of other poems. It is not about love or heartbreak. It is about death but in a sort of comical way.

the boys i mean are not refined by E.E.Cummigs

the boys i mean are not refined
they go with girls who buck and bite
they do not give a fuck for luck
they hump them thirteen times a night

one hangs a hat upon her tit
one carves a cross on her behind
they do not give a shit for wit
the boys i mean are not refined

they come with girls who bite and buck
who cannot read and cannot write
who laugh like they would fall apart
and masturbate with dynamite

the boys i mean are not refined
they cannot chat of that and this
they do not give a fart for art
they kill like you would take a piss

they speak whatever’s on their mind
they do whatever’s in their pants
the boys i mean are not refined
they shake the mountains when they dance

In the first line of this poem E.E.Cummings says that boys are not refined. Refined is defined as “having or showing well-bred feeling”, but in the poem he is saying that the boys are not refined. E.E.Cummings is suggesting that boys do not show feelings or any class for that matter, they act upon impulse. “They go with girls that buck and bite”. I think that this part of the poem suggest that when boys are choosing a girl to be with, they do not care about choosing someone they can see themselves with for the rest of their lives or a girl that has a good personality, they just want a girl that is good in bed, which is usually a “bad girl”. The next line is implying that boys do not care for passionate, love making; they just want to have sex and be done with it. Finally the last line is saying that boys will have sex as many times as possible a night. They will have as much sex as their bodies will possibly let them.

The first line in the second stanza is basically saying that in a boys mind, a girl is a piece of furniture. Her feelings and emotions do not matter, and boys think that they can use her for their pleasure any time of day, when it is good for them. The second line in the second stanza makes me a little bit unsure but seems to be one of two things. I think it either means that the boys “carve” a place on the girls behind that they want or that the boys always target the behind of a girl so that they don’t have to look at the girl and pretend to show emotion. The third line is saying that boys don’t care about smarts, or feelings, all they want is the bigger picture. A girl can be as dumb as a blade of grass but as long as she’s pretty and good in bed she’s good to go. Then he goes on to prove his point that boys are not refined.

Throughout the whole third stanza E.E.Cummings is talking about how boys like their girls. They want a girl that is good in bed, a “bad girl”. They want a girl that will have nothing to say because she is so stupid to come up with anything. They don’t want a girl who will be trying to talk about world peace and solving world hunger while their in bed. They want someone who will shut up and tell him how good he is. They want a girl that can make them feel good about themselves by laughing at all of their jokes. They want a girl that thinks they are so funny and that they are the funniest person ever. I believe that the last line in the third stanza is saying that boys want a girl that is explosive. Boys want a girl that is “good to go”, ready at any time of day to have a good time.

The fourth stanza goes on to say once again that boys are not refined. They don’t know how to have an intelligent conversation for a long period of time. They don’t want to have an intelligent conversation for a long period of time. They would rather do something that involves a “hands on” approach then sit around and talk. E.E.Cummings’ goes on to say that boys do not care about art. Art, in a boys mind, is drawings that don’t matter. Boys think that art is insignificant and it really has no point. Boys don’t care about buying famous paintings to put in their house, they would rather put a poster of Scarface on their wall. Finally he says that they have no remorse. They could kill a man like we would take a piss. Boys could shoot someone one day and not have any regrets. Boys would say, you made me mad so your dead, and be done with it.

The final stanza is saying that boys don’t think twice about what they’re about to say, they just say it. They say what they want, when they want, and to whomever they want to say it to. “They do whatever’s in their pants”, means that whenever they want to have sex they will. Boys will find a girl that doesn’t have a personality, and doesn’t have a brain and they will have sex with that girl just to satisfy their needs. They don’t care about looking for that one special girl they just want to satisfy their needs and be done. Then he says once again that the boys are not refined. Boys don’t show their feelings or emotions. The final line of the poem, the most confusing line of the poem to me, “they shake the mountains when they dance”. This line could mean a couple of things, one being that when they walk around everyone notices their presence. Another would be a more literal approach; when boys dance they dance so bad that they could shake mountains. The final and most concrete meaning would be that they care so little about everything that they could “shake up” a girls life and not care.

Create your own Eutopia. Remember the distinction between Utopia, Eutopia, and Dystopia… Brave New World is, in the opinion of most of us, a dystopia. Create your happy place.

Here are the requirements:

•Map including key geological (mountains, seas, etc) and geographical (cities, towns, farm land, etc) factors

•Climate

•Population

•Form of government (or lack thereof)

•Overview of societal institutions (marriage, education, etc.)

•Method of enculturation from one generation to the next

•Method of exchange (labor, goods, services, etc)

•Allocation and distribution of resources and finished goods

Think of this as a travel guide for a visitor. It should have the import facts and figures but also tourist spots both man made and natural, what to do on a Saturday night (assuming there is a difference between work week and weekend in your eutopia), local customs (so the visitor doesn’t go around insulting people inadvertently and get himself arrested or worse).

Finally, think of this as a eutopia in a personal sense it doesn’t have to be everyone’s definition of a perfect society. You do however have to justify why this is your eutopia.

 Austwanaii(Island paradise) 

Climate: Hot!! … Coldest temperature is 15 degrees.

Population: 100,000

Form Of Government/ Method of exchange/ Allocation and distribution of resources and finished goods: Everyone has powers (given to them by being on the island, so even vacationers can have them when they come to the island) to give themselves only what they need (necessities), they make everything else they WANT by hand or by ordering it from the united states or Canada and have it shipped to the island by a ship. There are Magic Police that will appear if you break an island law and kick you off the magical island and send you into the real world, also your powers are useless against them.

Societal Institutions: Children go to the one school on the island to learn for 12 years then, if they want, can be home schooled by a teacher whom comes and goes when called upon by their powers. If anyone wishes to get married they call on the minister with their powers.

Method of enculturation from one generation to the next: Everyone is aloud to believe in what they want without being judged and with the powers to call on personal teachers those teachers can teach anything the student desires (any religion, career, or course).

Other : other than students going to school there are no specifics, people over 18 years of age can chose to live their lives however they want. You can make money by having your own farm or your own teaching school (surfing school or horse back riding school) and selling you products to the united states or Canada.

Attractions/Island Hobbies: Horse back riding, Surfing, Sea-Doing, Boating, Scuba-Diving, Snorkeling, Deep Sea Fishing, and Dog-Sledding on sand, if you are on vacation to the island you must pay someone to bring you to do these activities(whether it is payment by money, food , cloths, anything the person will accept) .

Island’s “main” animals: Dogs, Horses, Kangaroo’s, Koala’s, and Panda’s.

Island Law’s: No harming any of the Islands main animals. Every Person under the age of 18 must attend the island school at least 3 times a week. Every Person Living On the island must have one of the above hobbies. No stealing other people’s belongings (you can get your own EASILY). No killing anything or anyone.

Map: There are no cities and towns, we are surrounded by water, there are some areas of the island that are better for farming and some that are better for houses, also some areas of forest which are good for using wood to make stuff you WANT like a surfboard.

My Eutopia is what it is because it is a very laid back and relaxed community. I am a very relaxed laid back person but I like to have fun which is exactly what Austwanaii Is for. Its for people who like to live life without having to worry about money and bills and unfortunate stuff like going bankrupt or having to go to work every day. I would live to live in a place where everything was handed to you but you can work if you would like. I would love to live in a world with no fighting and all fun all the time!

•What was the political leader’s message?

•Under what circumstances did this leader give the speech (was it wartime, was it during a depression, was it in relation to human rights?).

•Please attach the copy of the speech you found.

scullery : A small room where food is cleaned and prepared before being snt to the kitchen.

mincing : Making stuff dainty, nice, small, or elegant.

tyranny : Misuse of Power. 

dissentients  : Policy of a majority.

enmity  : A feeling  of hostility and, hatred.

Fierce public hostility toward the couple drove

them to Italy. They were happy in Italy, but their

two young children Clara Everina and William were not.

Clara and Percy died, leaving Mary penniless

 with a two year old son. She died in London

 from a brain tumor at age of 53. Mary

Wollstonecraft Shelley was buried between her

 mother and father in St. Peter’s Churchyard,

 Bournemouth. She died in 1851 .