New criticism shifts attention from the author of a work to the work itself.
In music , similar techniques of analysis and deconstruction are used to give a quasi-objective analysis of how a composition 'works'. The trend began with the rigorous elucidation of the mathematical structures underlying serial music , but the methods have since begun to be applied to music of all periods and kinds, from medieval motets to gamelan , from Mozart's melodic structures to heavy metal. As with new criticism in literature , the movement in music is largely confined to universities, and has had little impact on the art at large. See also criticism . McLeish, Kenneth KMcL Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 2.