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OUTLINE OF CULTURAL CRITICISM

Siswo Harsono

Cultural Criticism

Siswo Harsono

Cultural sciences

• Cultural theory

• Cultural history

• Cultural criticism

Criticism

• Literary criticism

• Social criticism

• Cultural criticism

Etymology of criticism

• French, from Greek kritike, the art of criticism, from kritikos, critical

• Latin, crtiticus, from adjective, “decisive”, from Greek kritikos, able to discern, critical from kritos, separated, chosen, from krinein, to separate, choose

• Greek kriterion, a means for judging, standard from krites, a judge, umpire, from krinein, to separate, choose (Grolier, 1986: 314).

Definition of criticism

• The act of making judgments and or criticizing• A passing of unfavorable judgment, censure,

disapproval• The art, skill, or profession of making

discriminating judgments and evaluation, especially of literary or other artistic works

• A review or other article expressing such judgment and evaluation

• The detailed investigation of the origin and history of literary documents (Grolier, 1986: 314).

Definition of literary criticism

• The practice of describing, interpreting, and evaluating literature (Morner and Rausch, 1998:121)

Definition of cultural criticism

• The practice of describing, interpreting, and evaluating culture.

• Cultural criticism makes the term culture refer to popular and classic culture. It breaks down the boundary between high and low culture, and discovers the political reason why a cultural product is more valued than others (Smith, ed., 1992: 312-313).

Functions of cultural criticism

• Criticizing cultural works

• Verifying cultural theory

• Supporting cultural history

Types of cultural criticism

• Theoretical cultural criticism

• Practical cultural criticism

• Historical cultural criticism

• Diagnostic cultural criticism

Types of practical cultural criticism

• Impressionistic cultural criticism

• Analytical cultural criticism• Judicial cultural criticism

Types of writing criticism

• Scientific cultural criticism

• Popular cultural criticism

• Creative cultural criticism

Orientations of cultural criticism

• Mimetic cultural criticism

• Pragmatic cultural criticism

• Expressive cultural criticism

• Objective cultural criticism

Theories of cultural criticism

• Formalism

• New criticism

• Structuralism

• Stylistics

• Psychoanalysis

• Marxist criticism

• Existential criticism

• Archetypal criticism

• Hermeneutics

• Deconstruction

• Reader response

• Semiotics

• New historicism

• Feminist criticism

• Post-structuralism

• Post-colonial criticism

Objects of cultural criticism

• Music

• Media

• Lifestyle

• Game

• Film

Music

Media

Lifestyle

Game

Film

Methods of cultural criticism

• Library research

• Field research

Steps of cultural criticism

• Reading cultural work

• Writing impressionistic comment

• Writing analytical review

• Writing judicial inference

Application of cultural criticism

• Criticizing music

• Criticizing media

•Criticizing lifestyle

•Criticizing game

•Criticizing film

Criticism of music

• Intrinsic aspects– Lyric– Audio– Visual

• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural

Criticism of Media

• Intrinsic aspects– Textual– Exponential– Structural– Semiotic

• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural

Criticism of Lifestyle

• Intrinsic aspects– Textual– Exponential– Structural– Semiotic

• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural

Criticism of Game

• Intrinsic aspects– Textual– Exponential– Structural– Semiotic

• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural

Criticism of Film

• Intrinsic aspects– Structural– Cinematic– Semiotic

• Extrinsic aspects– Social– Political– Psychological– Philosophical– Religious– Cultural

Cultural works

• Music: Beep

• Media: Cosby Show

• Lifestyle: Hell Angel

• Game: Rodeo

• Film: Gift of Magi

Evaluation

• Mid-semester: theoretical exam

• Final semester: practical exam

• Task assignment: paper exam

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