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Volume 18:1 January 2018
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The Travails of Critics vs the Labour Pain of Creative Writers
A Critique of the Mindset of the Classicists and the Neoclassicists

Dr. S. Joseph Arul Jayraj


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Abstract

The paper presents the travails of critics and the labour pain of creative writers, limitations of criticism and creative writings, Plato’s views on the abuse of poetry, poetic inspiration, the emotional appeal of poetry, and function of poetry and its non-moral character. It places before the reader Aristotle’s views on the origin and development of poetry, the nature of poetry, imitation, the objects of imitation, the manner of imitation, difference between poetry and history, the function of poetry, the emotional appeal of poetry and catharsis, critical objections against poetry and their solutions. It traces Renaissance and its impact, medieval literary theory, the origin of English criticism, an age of the seed time for the germination of literature of higher order, the development of English drama, the spirit of renaissance in the Elizabethan and Jacobean age, and the noteworthy contribution of the early neoclassicists. It highlights Ben Jonson’s neoclassicism, the influence of the classical writers, the drawback in English literature and Jonson’s wish. It brings out the praiseworthy contribution of the neoclassicists, their liberal approach to classicism, deviation from classicism, vacillation of criticism between a blind application of rules and judgment by sheer taste, focuses on reason as test of literary values, and the sure test of literary judgment which rests on surer foundations.

Keywords: Travails, Labour Pain, Brainchildren, Critique, Classicism, Republic, Poetics, Renaissance, the ‘Tudor Trio,’ the ‘Areopagus,’ Neoclassicism, etc.

1.0 Introduction

The travails of critics are not more painful than the labour pain of creative writers in giving birth to their brainchildren (creative writings). To be a critic or a creative writer is the most challenging task for both because they too are human beings. But those creative writers and critics, who believe in the principle of ‘criticism of life,’ have produced the best creative works through their critical evaluations, which have universal appeal. The creative writers, who have also played the roles of critics, have exhibited their most balanced aesthetic sensibility and critical acumen through their creative writing.

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Dr. S. Joseph Arul Jayraj
Head & Associate Professor of English
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous)
Tiruchirappalli-620 002
Tamil Nadu
India
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