The Function of Criticism by T.S.Eliot
S. B. GARDY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
M.K.BHAVNAGAR University
Written by:- Vala Jyotsna T
Course No:-07
Enrollment no :- PG15101042
Topic:-
The Function of Criticism by T.S.Eliot
Introduction:-
T. S. Eliot wrote the essay “The Function of Criticism in 1923”. and Eliot's essay “Tradition and Individual Talent” was published a few years earlyer 1919.
Middlton Murry challenged his essay “Romanticism and the Tradition”. The present essay is Eliot's replay to Murry.
In his essay “The Function of Criticism” T.S.Eliot discusses the basic function according to his.
“The primary function of criticism is the exposition of work of are by means of write words”.
The function of the critic is to see a work of art as it is and to present before the reader what he see it the function.
The Qualification of a Perfect Critic:-
T.S.Eliot say that............
“The most important critic is the auther himself”. No author can produced a great literary work if he does not have and inherent critical faculty in himself.
T.S.Eliot say's.............
I belive that criticism emplayed by a treained and skill writer one his own work is the most writer.
Some creater writers are superiors to others because of their critical power is a superior.
According toT.S.Eliot an ideal critic performs two basic functions.
(1). Elucidation of a work of art under has review.
(2). Correction of taste.
The critic must have the talent to underestand the true nature of poetry. He must make disinterested anendeawour to know an propogate the best that is known and thought in the world he must have the courage to reject the wrong an except the trueth.
T.S.Eliot say's that... “The perfect critic should be the whole man with convictions, principales, knowledge and experience of life”.
The Function Of Criticism (1923):-
This present essay is T.S.Eliot replay to Middlton Murry this essay i divided in to Four parts:-
(1). The first part gives brife opinions of Eliot in the essay “Tradition and Individual Talent”.
(2). In the second part he gives a resume of the vies of Middelton Murry.
(3). In the thirds part this gives views of Murry are briefly dismissed.
(4). In the fourth part the poet examins the different espects of the nature an function of criticism.
Tradition and Individual Talent (1919):-
The terms “Tradition and Traditional” are general used and the derogatory it is a stream that conects the part with future by the presents a great poet can show his talent in this a stream of a traditional. No poet no artist of any art has his complete meaning alone his significant can be judge only when he is plest and evoluated in the stream of the great poet in the past. There for T.S.Eliot say's.........
“You can not value a poet alone you must compare him with the death”.
This is the principale of asthetic historical criticism. T.S.Eliot begins the essay refering two certain views. He had expressed in his earlier essay “Tradition and Individual Talent” because they are related present essay.
In the earlier essay he had pointed out that there is a great relationship between the present and the past in the world of literature past work of literature form an ideal order but this ideal order is disturbif realy a new work of art appeares.
There is readjustment of value between the old literature and new literature Tradition is constantly changing from age to age.
Who ever has approve this idea of order of english literature he will not find it rediculuqus that past should be disturb by present as much as the present in directued by the past.
T.S.Eliot say's that........
“I thought of literature as the literature of the world literature of the euro literature of the single country, not as a collection of a writing of individuals but as organic wholes”
“critic is the commentation an exposition of work of art by means of by writen worlds”.
After such an aviction we are compatred to admit that their remain certain book, certain essay, certain sentance and certain man who have been usefull to us and over next step is to fined out the principales for deciding what kind of method of criticism should be followed.
Views of Middlton Murry:-
In the second part Middlton Murry expresses his view on classicis and Romanticism there are some critics who hold that classicism and Romanticism are the same thing makes clear distinction between Romanticism and Classicism. He say's that............
“ One can not be a classist and romantic at the same time”.
T.S.Eliot praisesm but doesn't agree with him many he say's that..........
“The genious of the French is Classical the genious of the English is Romantic”.
The view of the relation of the work of the art to art, literature to literature, criticism to criticism, seemed to me natural an self avident.
Most of our critic feels that they are nice man and the others are very doubtfull repute but Mr. Murry is not one of this he is aware that there are definite positiones to be taken and one must reject some thing and select thing else.
T.S.Eliot Answer to Murry:-
T.S.Eliot say's that “I can not agree with Middlton Murry's forguelation of classicism and Romanticism. The differents between Classicism and Romanticism sense to him differents between the complate and the fragnantary the adult and an the avmature the orderly and chokotic but what Murry show is that there are at least to attitude to words literature and to words everyting and that you can not worlds both Murry belief that.........
“Catholicism stands for the principle of anquetion spiritual authority out side and individual that is also the principle of classicism in literature”.
If the France are the naturaly classical why should be any opposition in France? And if classicism is not natural for them why not is it hear? Were the France man is the year 1600 classical and the english in the some year Romantic? The more impotant different is that the France in the year 1600 had all ready a more mature prose.
Creative And Critical Faculty:-
T.S.Eliot does not agree with the general view creative faculty is better and higher than critical faculty he holds the view that the creative and critical facultys are complimentry to each other criticism can not exist without creative literature and at the some time creative literature can not grow without critical principle and evoluation.
Thus T.S.Eliot refusise Metthew Arnold the view that “Creative faculty is higher and noble there critical faculty” an the contrary T.S.Eliot say's that........
“The large part of labour of and other in composing his work is critical labour the labour of shifting combairy, comparison, controuting, corrective, stating and so on etc.......
Conclusion:-
In short this is an important essay about the function of critic the role of tradition and inner voice this is beautiful example of T.S.Eliot style of argument and presentation.
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