Meaning Affective Fallacy
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Affective Fallacy


An important principle of New Criticism is the avoidance of what William K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley called the Affective Fallacy — the fallacy of confusing a work of literature with [..]
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Affective Fallacy


confusing the meaning of a text with how it makes the reader feel. A reader's emotional response to a text generally does not produce a reliable interpretation.
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Affective Fallacy


I get so emotional, baby! Every time I think of you-oo-ou!Sorry, we were just gettin' down to some classic Whitney Houston.That's because we get so emotional, baby, every time we think of th [..]
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