CLASSICAL
Painter, Carpenter, God (3 beds) PLATO def. HUME
Tragedy is a complete action ARISTOTLE def. SAMUEL JOHNSON
In every work regard the writer’s end POPE def. HORACE
Novelty bestows charms on a monster ADDISON def. AUGUSTINE
The flaming sword which turned every way MAIMONIDES def. VICO
All our knowledge originates from sense AQUINAS def. BEHN
The four senses of writing DANTE def. DRYDEN
Poet never affirms and so never lies SIDNEY def. BOCCACCIO
ROMANTIC
Religion & Commodities = Fetishism MARX def. KANT
Taste can be measured EDMUND BURKE def. GAUTIER
A long poem does not exist POE def. LESSING
Pure and simple soul in a chaste body EMERSON def. SCHILLER
Poetry awakens and enlarges the mind SHELLEY def. WOLLSTONECRAFT
Four ages of poetry PEACOCK def. DE STAEL
Nothing pleases permanently not containing the reason COLERIDGE def. SCHLEIERMACHER
Language really used by men WORDSWORTH def. HEGEL
MODERN
Genius is childhood recovered BAUDELAIRE def. ADORNO
Art is not unique but caught in time BENJAMIN def. ARNOLD
Hard, gem-like flame PATER def. HEIDEGGER
Criticism, Inc RANSOM def. MALLARME
No poet has his complete meaning alone ELIOT def. NIETZSCHE
Not the moment makes the man, man creates the age WILDE def. WOOLF
The first stirrings of sexuality FREUD def. TROTSKY
In language there are only differences SAUSSURE def. JUNG
POST-MODERN
Leaves & Huck Finn show U.S. to be like Russia EDMUND WILSON def. JUDITH BUTLER
Beauty will no longer be forbidden CIXOUS def. KENNETH BURKE
What they can know is what they have made SAID def. LACAN
We are directors of our being, not producers SARTRE def. DERRIDA
A poem is a poet’s melancholy at his lack of priority HAROLD BLOOM def. CLEANTH BROOKS
The secret essence of femininity does not exist DE BEAUVOIR def. RICH
All speech is performance AUSTIN def. FANON
Criticism of literature is all that can be directly taught FRYE def. BARTHES
It was a genuine pleasure these past three months (March to June) to explore 64 of the world’s greatest philosophical literary critics; look back over the past 3 months at 32 Scarriet articles (called “March Madness”) which re-evaluates these iconic points of view—and feel the excitement!
The rest of the play will quickly follow, as we move into the Sweet Sixteen, the Elite Eight, the Final Four, and the greatest Aesthetic Philosopher of them all.
If we might be allowed to summarize the four Brackets:
The Classical determines WHAT POETRY IS.
The Romantic determines WHAT POETRY IS TO PEOPLE.
The Modern determines WHAT PEOPLE ARE TO PEOPLE IN TERMS OF POETRY
The Post-Modern determines WHAT POETRY IS TO LANGUAGE
Congratulations to all the winners!
