ENGL 300: Introduction to Theory of Literature
Lecture 05 - The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork. In this lecture, Professor Paul Fry explores the origins of formalist literary criticism. Considerable attention is paid to the rise and subsequent popularity of the New Critics and their preferred site of literary exploration, the "poem." The idea of autonomous art is explored in the writings of, among others, Kant, Coleridge, and Wilde. Using the work of Wimsatt and Beardsley, the lecture concludes with an examination of acceptable categories of evidence in New Criticism. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 05 - The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. New Criticism and the Poem as (Miniature) World |
| [00:07:28] | 2. Formalism and Immanuel Kant |
| [00:21:35] | 3. Kant and Coleridge: The Good, the Agreeable, and the Beautiful |
| [00:28:21] | 4. Wimsatt and Beardsley: The Anatomy of the "Poem" |
| [00:40:34] | 5. Wimsatt and Beardsley: Permissible Evidence |
| References |
| Lecture 5 - The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork Instructor: Professor Paul H. Fry. Handout: The Autonomy of Art [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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