Practical Criticism New Criticism

Originated in Britain Originated in United States

Focuses on psychological aspects in a reader interacting with a literary piece Focused exclusively on the description of literary works as independent
aesthetic object

Emphasis on the language of the text rather than its author Emphasis on the aesthetic structure of the work

Assumes that what critics needed was accounts of important works of Pay attention to the internal characteristics of the text itself and dissuades
literature bases on the intuitional reading outcomes of trained and aesthetically external evidence
sensitive critics
Critics did not analyse the language of texts but rather paid Uses formal aspects as rhythm, meter, theme, imagery, metaphor, etc. The interpretation of a
very close attention to the language of the text when they text shows that these aspects serve to support the structure of meaning within the text.
read them and them described how they understood them
and were they affected by them

Advocates “claim and quote” approach to criticism Same

• Morphology is the study of words
and their parts. Morphemes, like
prefixes, suffixes and base words,
are defined as the smallest
meaningful units of meaning.
Morphemes are important for
phonics in both reading and
spelling, as well as in vocabulary
and comprehension.