English Dictionary

New Criticism

固有名詞

A movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, emphasizing close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.

日本語の意味

20世紀中頃のアメリカ文学批評界で支配的だった文学理論の運動。特に詩を対象に、作品を自己完結的かつ自己言及的な美的対象として捉えるために、細部にわたり精読を重視する。

Although New Criticism dominated mid-20th-century American literary criticism, with its emphasis on close reading—particularly of poetry—and the idea of the work as a self-contained aesthetic object, contemporary scholars often critique its strict focus.

20世紀中葉のアメリカで、詩の綿密な精読を特に重視し、作品を自律的で完結した美的対象とみなす文芸理論の運動が文学批評を支配した一方で、現代の研究者たちはその厳格な焦点を批判することが多い。

意味（1）

A movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, emphasizing close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.