The Morning Critic by Marifa Khan

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broadens our own vision and offers a perspective that we may have notthought of before. It is a great medium to strengthen our literaryknowledge. However, with the benefits of literary criticism, there are quitea few downsides that come along, one of them being the trend of classism.Classist opinions are, unfortunately, very prevalent in the works of manywell-known critics like Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Matthew Arnold.Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria offers different perspective with which tolook at poetry, and while it does so in an excellent manner, it also portraysdiscriminatory opinions. He believed informal language or the languageused by the common people was not adequate to generate superiorthoughts and emotions. While learning to speak in formal, high classlanguage can be an expansion of knowledge, it certainly is not the onlymedium of expression.Matthew Arnold’s The Study of Poetry offers a strongyet problematic belief that only critics who carryknowledge of prior great works can criticise art.Through this statement, he was creating a limitationto who can and cannot offer their criticism. Being asacademically powerful and influential as he was, it isno surprise that he put his faith wholeheartedly ineducation. However, not only the educated population are capable ofshowing different, creative perspectives of literature.Critics like Coleridge and Arnold present numerous educational aspectsthrough their works. However, their strong opinions on idealising andallowing only a certain class of people to be able to access and createliterature are restrictive and incorrect.Page 6| The Morning Critic| 13 September, 2022
Boxing champion Neander showed the crowd the strength of hisjudgements as he knocked down legendary boxer Lisideius last Fridaynight at the John Dryden Stadium. The arena was brimmed withpalpable tension as the two boxers took to the ring. French drama loverscheered on for Lisideius while Neander received roars of encouragementfrom English drama enthusiasts.NEANDER MAINTAINS IMPECCABLEWIN STREAK AGAINST LISIDEIUSThe first punch was thrown by Lisideius as he claimed the rules of unitieswere strictly maintained by French dramas, enhancing their greatness.Neander stumbled back from the power of the blow but came backstrong as he stated that following these rules only restricted and limiteda drama’s potential, damaging its quality. He did not let Lisideius rest ashe hit again with the fact that subplots and other diverse characteristicsonly assisted to enrich a drama.Lisideius could be seen on the brink of defeat at this point. He offered acomparatively weak punch as he claimed that French dramatists nevermixed two genres together, preserving the rules of literature. Neanderstruck with his usual fervour, asserting that the blending of two genresonly made a drama better. With this, Neander went for another powerfulhit, knocking Lisideius out and crowning himself as revolutionary andmodern yet againPage 7| The Morning Critic| 13 September, 2022
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