A Research On The Relationship Between Brooks’s Poetry Criticism Theory And Practice

AS an important corner of the western literary theory in the 20 th century, the“New Criticism” is influential. Cleanth Brooks is the main representative of the “New Criticism”. He is a consummate readers who writes a lot of literature criticism articles,which are regarded as the classical sample concerning “close reading” methods.Amazing microscopic criticism make he become a keen literary critics. He built terms such as "irony" "paradox" and "metaphor", to conjecture and explore the common structure in poetry. This conjecture and explore embodied in his The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry, which book was published in 1947. This book represents a new heights of his poetry criticism. It is the conclusion of author’s practical criticism before, as well as the sublimation of the criticism theory, so have the meaning and value to ongoing study.The relationship between Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory and practice is the object of the research. In this paper The Well Wrought Urn as foothold, Combing Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory, the special relationship between Brooks poetry criticism theory and practice, points out the shortage of Brooks poetry criticism.Introduction: it is pointed out that the research of the relationship between Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory and practice have many blanks need to fill in. In this part, summarizing a current research situation of the relationship between Brooks poetry criticism theory and practice.The first chapter: basis on The Well Wrought Urn, author expound Brooks poetry criticism theory: poetry is an organic whole, the structure of the poem is a kind of "dramatize structure". The language of poetry is a metaphor and paradox language.Poetry criticism principle is the absolute principle and principle of irony structure.The second chapter: discusses the relationship between Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory and practice. Discuss the conflict and harmony of Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory and practice. Analysis the structure characteristics of The Well Wrought Urn,points out that between Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory and practice presents thecharacteristics of integration. Then analysis Brooks’ s poetry criticism theory and practice integration mechanism of "transformation- generation". Analysis of the integration of theory and practice of poetry criticism Brooks development trend of literary theory significance. This kind of significance explained from two angles:literary criticism to an independent discipline development; In the study of literary“criticism theorization” and “theory tend to criticism” interaction, is advantageous to the construction of the combination of micro and macro literary theory.The third chapter: basis on the method of induction that in The Well Wrought Urn,to analysis the defect of Brooks poetry criticism. Analysis showed that Brooks in the criticism practice is suspected that he preinstall a set of terms, and then to deduce.This disobeyed his want to summary from the diversity of special common characteristic in the first place. Then, comparing Brooks’ s method of criticism theory construction to Fry’s method of criticism theory construction in Anatomy of Criticism theory. Thereby to explain the lack of Brooks poetry criticism on theoretical construction.