Eagleton, ''Conclusion: Political Criticism''

“Literary theorists, critics and teachers, then, are not so much purveyors of doctrine as custodians or a discourse. Their task is to preserve this discourse, extend and elaborate it as necessary, defend it from other forms of discourse, initiate newcomers into it and determine whether or not they have successfully mastered it” (175).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumbo/2009/04/eagleton_on_education.html

I want to do this for my presentation, Dr. Jerz.

Personal Opinion and Author/ Reader Intent

Is Capitalism Really the Reason?
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2009/04/is_capitalism_really_the_reaso.html

Is there any escape from politics?

"Political Criticism": A Disappointment
“Literary theorists, critics and teachers, then, are not so much purveyors of doctrine as custodians of a discourse. Their task is to preserve this discourse, extend and elaborate it as necessary, defend it from other forms of discourse, initiate newcomers into it and determine whether or not they have successfully mastered it” (Eagleton 175).

"...Shakespeare was not great literature lying conveniently to hand...he is great literature because the institution constitutes him as such" (Eagleton 176).

It's All Political
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JennaMiller/2009/04/its-all-political.html

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"The feminist critic is not studying representations of gender simply because she believes that this will further her political ends. She also believes that gender and sexuality are central themes in literature and other sorts of discourse, and that any critical amount which surpresses them is seriously defective" (Eagleton 209).