Poetic texts in the perception of journals and the Internet literary criticism

Nowadays literary criticism on the Internet is actively developing, becoming an area of influence on the worldview of the modern reader. The article provides a comparative analysis of literary and critical publications on the Internet and in literary and art journals on poetic texts in the period from 2020 to 2023. The analysis of literary and critical publications suggests that journal criticism provides more structured and formalized synopses of poetry collections and their reviews, since professional critics are published in “thick” journals, and each article meets the requirements of the “editorial policy” of the issuing publication. Internet criticism is characterized by the lack of regulation of creativity on the part of the editorial board, publications are not subject to professional censorship, therefore synopses and reviews are extremely subjective, emotional and present the examples of “readers’ criticism”. The contradictory influence of the Internet on the state of literary criticism is emphasized: on the one hand, online criticism is more accessible and democratic, and this allows a wide range of people to express their opinions and create an interactive literary community, but, on the other hand, literary critical publications on the Internet are most often superficial, express a subjective assessment, affect the reader psychologically, as they are extremely emotional and subjective. The structural and content features of literary and critical publications in “thick” journals and the Internet are addressed. The principles of interaction between the critic and the reader, the peculiarities of style, the use of certain syntactic constructions in literary and critical publications are considered, which help literary critics convey their feelings and evaluate works both in periodicals and on the Internet.

Internet criticism, journal criticism, literary criticism, poetic texts, review, reader, comparative analysis