Works
1) Seven Types of Ambiguity:- It's full title is 'Seven Types of Ambiguity: A Study of Its Effects on English Verse'. It firstly published in 1930.The book is organized around seven types of ambiguity that Empson finds in the poetry he criticises. It was influential foundation of the school of literary theory known as New Criticism.
In it, Empson sought to enhance the reader’s understanding of a poem by isolating the linguistic properties of the text. He suggested that words or references in poems are often ambiguous and, if presented coherently, carry multiple meanings that can enrich the reader’s appreciation of the work. He argued that the complexities of cognitive and tonal meanings in poetry form the basis of the reader’s emotional response. It ushered in New Criticism in the United States. We have ambiguity when "alternative views might be taken without sheer misreading." Empson reads poetry as an exploration of conflicts within the author.
*7 Types:-
1 The first type of ambiguity is the metaphor. when two things are said to be alike which have different properties. This concept is similar to that of metaphysical conceit.
2 Two or more meanings are resolved into one. Empson characterizes this as using two different metaphors at once.
3 Two ideas that are connected through context can be given in one word simultaneously.
4 Two or more meanings that do not agree but combine to make clear a complicated state of mind in the author.
5 When the author discovers his idea in the act of writing. Empson describes a simile that lies halfway between two statements made by the author.
6 When a statement says nothing and the readers are forced to invent a statement of their own, most likely in conflict with that of the author.
7 Two words that within context are opposites that expose a fundamental division in the author's mind.
2) The Face of Buddha:-
Empson's manuscript of a major work outside literary criticism, 'The Face of the Buddha', begun in 1931 on the basis of often gruelling research across many parts of the Buddhist world. The book provides an engaging record of Empson's reactions to the cultures and artworks he encountered during his travels, and presents experimental theories about Buddhist art that many authorities of today have found to be remarkably prescient. It also casts important new light on Empson's other works, highlighting in particular the affinities of his thinking with that of the religious and philosophical traditions of Asia.
1) Seven Types of Ambiguity:- It's full title is 'Seven Types of Ambiguity: A Study of Its Effects on English Verse'. It firstly published in 1930.The book is organized around seven types of ambiguity that Empson finds in the poetry he criticises. It was influential foundation of the school of literary theory known as New Criticism.
In it, Empson sought to enhance the reader’s understanding of a poem by isolating the linguistic properties of the text. He suggested that words or references in poems are often ambiguous and, if presented coherently, carry multiple meanings that can enrich the reader’s appreciation of the work. He argued that the complexities of cognitive and tonal meanings in poetry form the basis of the reader’s emotional response. It ushered in New Criticism in the United States. We have ambiguity when "alternative views might be taken without sheer misreading." Empson reads poetry as an exploration of conflicts within the author.
*7 Types:-
1 The first type of ambiguity is the metaphor. when two things are said to be alike which have different properties. This concept is similar to that of metaphysical conceit.
2 Two or more meanings are resolved into one. Empson characterizes this as using two different metaphors at once.
3 Two ideas that are connected through context can be given in one word simultaneously.
4 Two or more meanings that do not agree but combine to make clear a complicated state of mind in the author.
5 When the author discovers his idea in the act of writing. Empson describes a simile that lies halfway between two statements made by the author.
6 When a statement says nothing and the readers are forced to invent a statement of their own, most likely in conflict with that of the author.
7 Two words that within context are opposites that expose a fundamental division in the author's mind.
2) The Face of Buddha:-
Empson's manuscript of a major work outside literary criticism, 'The Face of the Buddha', begun in 1931 on the basis of often gruelling research across many parts of the Buddhist world. The book provides an engaging record of Empson's reactions to the cultures and artworks he encountered during his travels, and presents experimental theories about Buddhist art that many authorities of today have found to be remarkably prescient. It also casts important new light on Empson's other works, highlighting in particular the affinities of his thinking with that of the religious and philosophical traditions of Asia.
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