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Derrida’s Structure Sign and Play Explained
Jacques Derrida’s “Structure Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” is a 1966 essay that marked the arrival of post-structuralism as a...
Philosophical Influences on Poststructuralism
Philosophical influences on poststructuralism come mainly from thinkers who questioned fixed truth, stable meaning, and a fully present self. The…
Psycholinguistics: Meaning, Use in Literary Study
Psycholinguistics is the study of how the mind acquires, represents, understands, and produces language. It connects the structures of language…
The Language of Paradox: How Cleanth Brooks Redefined Poetic Truth
The language of paradox is the primary medium of poetry, according to Cleanth Brooks, because it allows writers to express complex emotional…
Connotation and Denotation: What Every Word Really Means
Connotation and Denotation: Connotation refers to the emotional associations and cultural weight a word carries beyond its dictionary definition. Denotation…
Chicago School Neo-Aristotelians: The Critics Who Put Story First
Last updated: April 28, 2026 The Chicago School Neo-Aristotelians were a group of literary critics based at the University of…
Hillis Miller’s Concept of “Critic as Host”: A Complete Guide
J. Hillis Miller’s essay “The Critic as Host” (1977) is one of the most brilliant and famous defenses of deconstructive…
I. A. Richards’ Concept of the Two Uses of Language
Learn I. A. Richards' two uses of language, scientific and emotive, with clear exam notes, examples, and New Criticism links.
Modernism in Literature: Fragmentation, Form, and the Crisis of Meaning
Modernism covers fragmentation, stream of consciousness, and the mythic method in a teacher-led, exam-focused style.
Four Kinds of Meaning – I.A. Richards
Understand I.A. Richards' concept of the four kinds of meaning (Sense, Feeling, Tone, Intention) and how it shaped New Criticism…