11: Classical Theory

Welcome to the eleventh episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today’s episode is a reflection on the texts we’ve covered so far as we move away from the Classical era. The episode is structured according to Abrams’ triangle, fist summarising approaches to considering the relationship between a text and the world, then the text and the reader, and then the text and the artist. I’ll finish today by discussing the overall structure and text selection of the podcast, which has preoccupied me a bit of late.