Even at a moment when there isn't a single dominant critical voice, criticism as a whole is amplified by various venues (such as Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic) and by the increased speed and quantity of quasi-public discussion, whether via e-mail or on blogs, Twitter, or other social-networking sites.
The dominant emotion behind criticism is usually fear, and that will be the case here.
He has no truck with the Cambridge school of practical criticism, dominant during the 20th century, which promulgated the view that "meaning" in a poem is constructed between poet and reader and is therefore endlessly mutable; it results, he claims, in "criticism as Tantalus.
Whether he's read or not, he's the dominant figure of film criticism in the last half century.
At a time when American oil imports have reached a record level, the dominant chord of that criticism -- voiced, among others, by President-elect George W. Bush -- is that Mr. Clinton was wrong to erect new barriers around so much public land that may well hold valuable energy resources.
Observers of the commission did, however, note that it had partially succeeded in raising awareness on criticism of dominant concepts of growth and prosperity and also provided intelligent analyses on issues such as the need for an absolute reduction [12, 13].
Sympathetic identification with the subjects of study may generate important criticisms of dominant theories and significant rival hypotheses (Hrdy 1986).
Nonetheless, they share significant commonalities, both in their criticisms of dominant structures and in their efforts to build a more adequate framework that is responsive to the diversity of the circumstances of women and other groups.
China, the region's dominant economic power, has faced criticism for using Chinese labor instead of local residents for its infrastructure projects.
