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Literary Criticism

1. Beauty through time

2. In a station of the metro By Ezra Pound

3. EZRA WESTON LOOMIS POUND Born on October 30, 1885 Died on November 1972 American Poet and Critic His contribution of poetry began with his development of IMAGISM. His Famous works include Ripostes (1912) Hugh Selwyn Mauberly ( 1920) Unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos ( 1917-1969)

4. In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces, Petals on a wet, black bough.

5. Three Vistas Author – dependent Text – Dependent Reader’s Response Theory

6. AUTHOR-DEPENDENT FRAMEWORK EZRA POUND HISTO-BIO APPROACH BEAUTIFUL FACES INDESCRIBABLE UNFATHOMABLE

7. THE INEXPRESSIBLE BEAUTY OF THE PEOPLE . SUB-THEME

8. TEXT-DEPENDENT FRAMEWORK FORMALISM IN A STATION OF THE METRO EXPLICATION EXEGESIS 2 LINES 14 WORDS HOKKU/HAIKU SYMBOLISM IMAGERY METHAPORS 1 ST LINE THE BEAUTIFUL FACES OF THE PEOPLE. 2 ND LINE THE BEAUTIFUL FACES OF THE PEOPLE WAS COMPARED TO A PETALS WHICH MAKES THE FLOWER BEAUTIFUL,BUT FADES WHEN IT FELL TO THE BLACK BOUGH WHICH SYMBOLIZES TIME

9. TEXT-DEPENDENT FRAMEWORK STRUCTURALISM SEMIOTICS FACES PETALS WET BLACK BOUGH FADE OF BEAUTY

10. SUB-THEME BEAUTY FADES AS TIME GOES BY.

11. READER’S RESPONSE THEORY ARCHETYPAL ETERNAL EPHEMERAL TIME BEAUTY CHANGE

12. SUB-THEME TIME BRINGS FORTH CHANGE.

13. GRAND THEME SUB-THEME 1 THE INEXPRESSIBLE BEAUTY OF A PEOPLE. SUB-THEME 2 BEAUTY FADES AS TIME GOES BY. SUB-THEME 3 TIME BRINGS FORTH CHANGE.

14. GRAND THEME BEAUTIFUL FACES UNFATHOMABLE INDESCRIBABLE TIME CHANGE FADE OF BEAUTY

15. GRAND THEME Inexpressible beautiful faces fades thru time.