“Turning Out with a Focus on Historicism” and “Turning Out with a Focus on New Historicism”
I am not fond of history/literature, but this reading shows one more time that history is very important to human beings not only because of the fact that it reflects the evolution of societies but also because it lets us take a different look at what is going on in this world.
It is very important to know that all human activities are defined by the history and those activities change as time and place change as well. But what is more important is that history can be different depends on who is writing it,what they want to focus on and the amount of information they have available, not to mention the argument and evidence they should give to support they claims in order to persuade the readers.
What was really more important about the reading are the two terms Historicism and new Historicism. Actually this two terms are new to me but they are important and meaningful because they show us how concepts and event change through the time. They reflect how people have changed their views about history.
It is clear that they might be spelled the same way but as the author said, they are opposite.
I personally think that new criticism is deeper because it looks to me like it goes beyond the literature and not just focus on the historical accuracy of the text.