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ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently. He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.

Monday, September 21, 2009

LITERARY CRITICISM: A PRACTICUM --- APPLYING THE NORMS

LITERARY CRITICISM PRACTICUM:

A CRITICISM OF E. A. POE'S
"THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO" (PART 1)


Applying the previously discussed norms of the criticism of fiction, the student should find the following essay helpful in understanding the difference between literary criticism as a discipline and the literary review as it appears in literary supplements.


Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic in the short fiction genre and is almost always useful as a clearing ground for practical literary criticism.


The following serialized pages earlier published in a monograph on "engaged literary criticism" are reproduced from the author's The Aesthetics of Literature.


(Please click on the image to read the page. Pages 157 to 161 as Part 1 of the series.)









Next: Criticism of Poe's style in "The Cask of Amontillado" Part 2

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features/rosie said...

Hi Sir Albert,

Thanks for all that you share here. I'm really excited. And now, I'm saving to buy ink because I want to print it all. I'll read back E. A. Poe's Cask of Amontillado. I really liked this story even back in high school at PNC. I pray you are always okay. I haven't read for weeks - everything and nothing keep me busy. May GOD bless you always and return to you a hundredfold all that you share. Smile. Good morning!

In Jesus,
Rose

September 23, 2009 at 7:39 PM

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