View Single Post
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 26-Sep-2007, 18:43
Anglika's Avatar
Anglika Anglika is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Country: UK
Posts: 15,173
Current Location: UK
First Language: English
Member Type: Other
Thanks: 3
Thanked 3,067 Times in 2,891 Posts
Anglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: can any1 help me in a critical analysis ??

Welcome to the forums.

You don't believe in starting small!

I quote: "For instance, when a structuralist critic analyzes Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess", she wouldn't isolate the poem as a liberal humanist would do. She feels that the only way to truly understand the poem is to put it in a larger context, to take into consideration other 19th century poetry, to understand the events that inspired this poem, to understand Browning's background, etc. If language is a structure of arbitrary signs, then the structuralism believe that language isn't a true reflection of the world (Barry, 42)."

Try these sites for a start: "My Last Duchess" - Analysis
My Last Duchess: Study Guide
Reply With Quote