We criticize works to contribute to the overall knowledge gained within a shared community. We do not criticize works without wanting to engage in an active discourse. To assume that as critics, in order to be perfect is to also be emotionless, makes the mistake in assuming that we as humans are capable of disconnecting our emotions. It is not possible to turn off such an intrinsic part of the human experience, and to expect that we do so while critiquing, misses the point of being a critic. What we must reach is a happy medium. We must define criticism as the abstract art it is, rather than trying to tie it down in concrete words. For literary criticism itself will always remain subjective in definition to the person who is asked to define it. A critic should not have to turn off his emotions to be a ‘perfect critic,’ nor should we expect him
We criticize works to contribute to the overall knowledge gained within a shared community. We do not criticize works without wanting to engage in an active discourse. To assume that as critics, in order to be perfect is to also be emotionless, makes the mistake in assuming that we as humans are capable of disconnecting our emotions. It is not possible to turn off such an intrinsic part of the human experience, and to expect that we do so while critiquing, misses the point of being a critic. What we must reach is a happy medium. We must define criticism as the abstract art it is, rather than trying to tie it down in concrete words. For literary criticism itself will always remain subjective in definition to the person who is asked to define it. A critic should not have to turn off his emotions to be a ‘perfect critic,’ nor should we expect him