Illogical Logic

New critics revolutionized American writing and literature analysis, by using analytical laws to determine the quality of writing. It was believed that literature must be logically analyzed in terms of laws, but this logic is illogical. Logic is defined to be “reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity” by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, and it indicates that logic is subject to change when the reasoning focuses on different assessments and therefor cannot be restricted to such a narrow point of view of law.  Continue reading “Illogical Logic”