Mathew Anrold :- Thinking Activity

 


Q1- Write about one Idea of  Matthew Arnold which you find interesting and relevant in our times.
 


Arnold says emphasis the word disinterested.The critic must be absolutely impartial without any prejudices against or in favor of any particular author or literary school.
           A good critic should be disinterestedly impartial in evaluating and imparting judgement or an author or a literary work. Matthew Arnold say that......
                    "A good critic is make a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world."
           The next function of the critic is  "To make a best ideas of prevail" in this respect the critic is designed so his next function is to prepare an atmosphere favorable for the production of creative literature.
           He says that the critic as a man of culture should be concerned with all aspect of living. In brief the function of the critic is to promote culture to knowledge of letters. He is motivated by moral and social passion for doing good.

 Q2- Write about one idea of Matthew Arnold which you found out of date and irrelevant in our times.

Arnold is " Touch Stone method " if we talk about his method, it is irrelevant to any of period or time. Because, every work or word has it's moral value , own charm and it can never judged to single think. Everybody has different perspective to study thing. Then it is not true one is write and other is wrong it doesn't mean because every has one moral value, reality, important . Hear we apply thing for example , ancient time in folk-story of " Blind people and an elephant " in the story we see many different perspective it is true on elephant , because he/she blind then h/she feel then speak . In this story we gain the moral message every one has moral code.