This document discusses I.A. Richards' six senses of imagination according to his literary theory. The six senses are: (1) Production of images, (2) Use of figurative language like metaphor, (3) Sympathetic reproduction of other people's emotional states in plays, (4) Inventiveness by combining unrelated ideas, (5) Scientific imagination in technical fields, and (6) A sense of musical delight and novelty described by Coleridge as the imagination's ability to modify thoughts with feeling. The document provides examples and explanations for each sense from Richards' perspective.

1.  Name:- Vala Jyotsna. T.
 Roll no:-38.
 Paper no:- 7.
 Topic:- Six sense of imagination by I.A.Richards.
 Paper Name: -Literary Theory and Criticism.
 Email.id :- valajyotsna7@gmail.com
 Submitted to :-
Maharaja Krishna kumar sinhji Bhavnagar Uni.

2. INTRODUCTION:-

3. SIX SENSE OF IMAGINATION.
According to I.A.Richards we can define the term
“Imagination” at least in six distinction senses.
He discusses various meanings and concepts .
The most important according to I.A.Richards, it
is convenient to separate than before passing on
to consider the work which is most important.

5. SIX SENSE OF IMAGINATION
(1).
Production of
Image.
(2). The use
of figurative
language.
(3). The
narrower
sense .
(4).
Inventiveness
imagination.
(5). The
scientific
imagination .
(6). The
sense of
musical
delight .

6. (1). PRODUCTION OF IMAGE:-
The first concept of
imagination is very
common and that is the
production of various
image, usually and visual
image.
The production of various
images and visual images
are the most commonest
and the most interesting
thing which is referred by
imagination.

8. (2). THE USE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:-
Another concept of imagination is the use of figurative language people
who naturally employ metaphor and smile especially when it is of an
“unusual Kind” are same to have imagination.
They have great variety of function in speech.
This is the most common scientific use of metaphor . It is in imitative
language and in poetry.
For Example:- “Shelley's Dome of many coloured glass”. It is only
example which springs to mind some attitude of speaker to his subject
or to his audience is using the metaphor as a tool of expression.

9. (3). THE NARROWER SENSE :-
A narrower sense is that in which sympathetic reproduction of
other peoples state of mind.
Particularly their emotional state of mind is such imagination can
be found in plays.
The dramatists says that the critic who thinks that is persons
behave unnaturally.
“You haven’t enough Imagination”.
This kind of imagination is plainly a necessity for communication,
bad plays to be successful require it as much as good plays.

10. (4). INVENTIVENESS IMAGINATION:-
E.g. :- “Dr. Cook outstrips Peary and out shines sir
John Barbary”.
The crazy people will beat any of us at combing old
ideas.
According to this “Edison” is said to have imagination
and any fantastic romance will show it in “Excesses”.
It is an another important sense . It brings the element
together which are not connected.

11.  Fifth concept
according to A.I
.Richards is the
scientific imagination.
 This is an order of
experience in definitive
ways and definite end
or purpose not
necessarily deliberate
and conscious but
limited to a given field.
 The technical victory of
the art are the
examples of this kind
(5). THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION :-

12. (6). THE SENSE OF MUSICAL DELIGHT :-
 Finally we come to the sense of imagination with
which we are here most concerned.
 It is closely connected with Coleridge's concept of
imagination.
 It is Coleridge's great contribution to critical theory.
 In his words imagination mean…………
 “That sympathetic and magical power to which we
have exclusively appropriate the name of imagination
“.

13.  It is a sense of novelty and freshness
with old and familiar objects a more
than usual state of emotion with more
that usual order.
 The sense of musical delight and
modifying a series of thoughts by
some one pre-dominant thought or
feeling these are gifts of imagination.
 In describing the poet we laid stress
upon the availability of the field and
the completeness of the response
which we can make compared with him
the ordinary.
 Man control nine-tenths of his spirit
because he is an uncap able of
managing them without confusion to
point out that……..
 “The sense of musical delight is a gift
of the imagination”
 Was one of Coleridge's most brilliants
feat.

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